Happy Birthday from Thursday 27 March to Wednesday 2 April – Dominic Bannister, Jude Bell, Douglas Curwen-Reed, Abigail Edwards, James Isaacs, Sharon Jackson, Nathan Kuti, Savan Mallik, Zanson Plummer, Ben Rochford, Roger Simons, Jeremy Sothcott, Neville Thompson, Tim Underhill and Kyra Williams

HELP WANTED – PARENTS – we need your help to ensure your child can compete at all their events this season!
Volunteering to help on the track or field at just a couple of our home and away fixtures in 2025, will give us certainty early on that the meetings can go ahead. It’s a fun way to be involved on the day, you will still be free to watch your child’s events, lunches and refreshments are always provided at our home fixtures and at most away ones too.

Please contact either GERALD ALTERMAN or ROSALIND ZEFFERTT for further information or complete this form SBH 2025 Summer Availability.
GERALD: (SBH Officials Secretary; athletics@marksman.plus.com: 07956 825781)
ROSALIND: (SBH Officials Co-ordinator: anglo.japan@outlook.com: 07973 822874)

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to STACEY GONZALEZ who broke her own Masters Women 50-54 4kg Shot with a put of (8.09m) at the SBH Throwsfest at StoneX Stadium on 23 March. Her previous Club Record was (7.82m) set at Swindon on 17 August 2024.

BEST PERFORMANCE AWARDS – Club President COLETTE HURLEY and Club Chairman JOHN KELLY were proud to present two SBH Best Performance Awards – Firstly to DAVE BRADLEY who received the 2024 Services to the Club certificate and PHILIP CUNNINGHAM who received his certificate for the 2023-2024 Cross Country Masters Men 60-69 points winner.

HERTFORDSHIRE OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS NOW OPEN TO ENTER – HERTFORDSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 10 May and Sunday 11 May at the Bedford International Athletic Stadium, Barkers Lane, Bedford (Satnav MK41 9SB).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bedstfc/
Entries Closing Date Friday 25 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

MIDDLESEX OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS NOW OPEN TO ENTER – Takes place on Saturday 10 May and Sunday 11 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/middxtfo/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 27 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

UPCOMING FIXTURES – I have now shown as 2 sections – The first section covers the fixtures that SBH compete in and other major fixtures – The second section covers the Open Meeting fixtures, that you have to enter yourselves.

SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS – These are the BFTTA, Lee Valley and Watford fixtures, dates highlighted in RED are open to enter – all information those fixtures that are open to enter, can be found in the ‘Open Meeting Upcoming Fixtures‘ section, which follows the ‘SBH Upcoming Fixtures For The Next 6 Weeks‘ section.

BFTTA OPEN MEETINGS  – Takes place at Lee Valley – April 21, May 18, June 1, July 20, August 30.
LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETINGS  – Takes place at Lee Valley – Fixtures still to be published.
WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS  – Takes place at Watford – April 2, 16 and 30, May 14 and 28, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, August 6 and 20, September 3.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the recent 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2024 is £19. The current total is £104 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Nanjing, China on 21-23 March
Shot 7.26kg – SM Straight Final SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 12th (19.88mi)
A below par SCOTT saw him finishing in 12th place

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 1 – Took place at StoneX Stadium on 23 March
Shot 4kg – SW LYDIA ROGERS 1st (SB 8.48m) adding 20cm to her 18 January put
Shot 4kg – V50 A STACEY GONZALES V50 4th (PB 8.09m) adding 27cm to her 2024 put, and a new Club Record
Hammer 5kg – U17M MILO RYNEHART U17 2nd (PB 41.48m) and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2025
Hammer 3kg – U17W A MALIA ANDERSON-WATSON U17 3rd (PB 33.94m) adding 4.32cm to her 2024 throw, B KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 3rd (42.54m)
Hammer 3kg – V50 STACEY GONZALES V50 4th (PB 33.31m) adding 12cm to her 2024 throw, and is ranked UK No.6 V50 in 2025
Javelin 700g – U17M ALON TAYLOR U17 2nd (SB 41.19m) and is ranked UK No.10 U17 in 2025

VAULT LONDON – Took place at Lee Valley on 23 March
Pole Vault – SX C ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 14th (2.37mi), D RAMSEY GILL U17 2nd (3.77mi), THOMAS ROBERTSON U17 4th (3.67mi), ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE U20 (2nd Claim) 9th (SB 3.57mi) adding 2cm to his 19 January height, GENNY HOWATT 11th (PB 3.47mi) adding 3cm to her 2 March height, WILLIAM SYLVESTER U17 12th (3.47mi), NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 16th (3.27mi), F ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 6th (SB 4.02mi) adding 2cm to his 1 March height, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2025

PRIMARY SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY FINALS – Took place at Stoneleigh on 22 March
Year 3 Boys – The winner was Alice Cokell (5.05) 38 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Warwickshire Primary (79 points) 1 team finished
Year 3 Girls – No Individual results published
Team Result – 1st Warwickshire Primary (135 points) 1 team finished
Year 4 Boys – Team Result – 1st Warwickshire Primary (187 points), 2nd Milton Keynes (250), 3rd Chigwell Schools (346) 3 teams finished
Year 4 Girls – LILY JANMOHAMED U11 5th (Hertfordshire Schools) (6.20) the winner was Rose Harris of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (6.02) 90 runners finished
Team Result – 1st West Yorkshire (144 points), 2nd Warwickshire Primary (233), 3rd Milton Keynes (332) 3 teams finished
Year 5 Boys – DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 40th (Hertfordshire Schools) (8.33) the winner was Sebastian Buxton of City of Stoke (7.28) 164 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Merseyside (152 points), 2nd Leicestershire (198), 3rd Worcestershire (253), 5th Hertfordshire (332) 9 teams finished
Year 5 Girls – No SBH runners, the winner was Mari Coltherd of Leicestershire (8.03) 154 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Merseyside (135 points), 2nd Leicestershire (174), 3rd Hertfordshire (206) 9 teams finished
Year 6 Boys – WILLIAM STOCKDALE U11 19th (Hertfordshire Schools) (9.18), ARI RUBENSTEIN U11 32nd (9.29), LUCAS XIE U15 62nd (Hertfordshire Schools) (9.45) the winner was Rowan Carson (8.37) 182 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Merseyside (97 points), 2nd Hertfordshire (119), 3rd Cumbria (223) 9 teams finished
Year 6 Girl – No SBH runners, the winner was Ada Greenway of Brighton (9.11) 181 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Leicestershire (189 points), 2nd West Yorkshire (197), 3rd Merseyside (231), 6th Hertfordshire (262) 8 teams finished
Year 7 Girls – No SBH runners, the winner was Madison Kindler of Brentwood Beagles (10.12) 135 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Merseyside (212 points), 2nd Hertfordshire (218), 3rd Cumbria (226) 9 teams finished
Year 7 Boys – JENSON DAY U13 38th (Hertfordshire Schools) (10.51) the winner was Sam Cousins of Radley (9.43) 127 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Hertfordshire

VELOCITY FEST 16 – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 22 March
100m – SM H7 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (SB 10.11 w-0.5) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2025, A ZHARNEL finished 2nd (10.14 w0.1)
100m – SW H1 PARIS KING U23 5th (12.42 w-1.9), B PARIS finished 4th (12.30 w-0.3)

PENN CHALLENGE – Took place at Franklin Field, Pennsylvania, USA on 22 March
400m Hurdles – SW 2 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University) 1st (PB 64.81) and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2025

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,283 events – 252,807 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 11,916 first timers – 32,504 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 22 March
PAUL LEWIS V50 4th (20.44) this was his 251st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cassiobury on 22 March
MARTIN GREY V80 522nd (44.19) this was his 32nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 22 March
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 302nd (31.16) this was his 366th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hampstead Heath on 22 March
ETHAN SLUTZKIN U11 33rd (PB 22.26) this was his 122nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 22 March
CLIFF GOLDING V70 72nd (26.02) this was his 186th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 22 March
ROSS HAMMOND U20 19th (20.37) this was his 74th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 22 March
BRADLEY SINGER V35 26th (21.47) this was his 315th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 72nd (23.53) this was his 462nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oaklands College on 22 March
JAMES DAVIS 38th (25.39) this was his 81st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 22 March
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 247th (57.42) this was his 339th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Poole on 22 March
MARK COTTLE V35 8th (17.55) this was his 26th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 22 March
RAFI GAYER U20 1st (PB 16.35) this was his 6th Parkrun, ADAM O’GORMAN U20 2nd (PB 16.40) this was his 21st Parkrun, JACOB CLEMENT U20 3rd (PB 17.35) this was his 11th Parkrun, CALEB HILTON U15 4th (PB 17.47) this was his 23rd Parkrun, MATTHEW MAY U17 5th (PB 18.15) this was his 8th Parkrun, MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U20 7th (PB 18.58) this was her 5th Parkrun

SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 27 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 7 MAY – The SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5K AND U13 3K ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 30 March at Milton Keynes.Bucks (MK14 6BN)/strong>
Start times – 11.00am U15/U17 5K, 12.00pm Men 6 Stages of 4.8K and 6 Stages of 7.2K, Women 4 Stages of 4.8K and 2 Stages of 7.2K
Entries Closed

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 13 April at the Cambridge University Athletics Track, 18 Adams Road, Cambridge (Satnav CB3 9AD).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL-Timetable-2025-matches-1-and-3-v1 (1)
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 10 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 11 April

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The first fixture of three takes place on Sunday 27 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Track, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2025
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The first fixture of four takes place on Saturday 3 May at the Perival Park Athletics Track, Stockdove Way, Perivale, Greenford (Satnav UP6 8TJ).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 1 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 2 May. 

BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS  – Takes place from Saturday 3 May to Monday 5 May at the Manchester Regional Arena, Gate 13, Ethiad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester (M11 3FF)
Link to BUCS website for all information and entry process – https://www.bucs.org.uk/events-page/athletics-outdoor-championships-2024-25.html
Entries Close Tuesday 8 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

OPEN MEETING UPCOMING FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 27 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 7 MAY, THEN THOSE THAT ARE OPEN TO ENTER FOLLOWING THE 7 MAY.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 2 – Takes place on Saturday 29 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Entries Closed

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 2 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 1500m no times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=26507
Entries Closing Date Monday 31 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Saturday 5 April at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events –  100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 800m, 70mH, 75mH, 80mH, 100mH, 110mH, 400mH, Discus, Shot (full), Hammer – £10 per event.
Link to enter on OpenTrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/lvacopen/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 2 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 16 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 200m no, 7.15pm 400m no under 13s, 7.30pm 800m no times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries are not open yet –
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Monday 21 April at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 300m, 600m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111125/
Entries Closing Date Saturday 6 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 18 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111118/
Entries Closing Date Saturday 10 May
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 1 June at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111119/
Entries Closing Date Friday 23 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 20 July at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111120/
Entries Closing Date Friday 11 July
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

FASTEST AND SLOWEST PARKRUNS IN 2025 – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Statistician Tim Grose has unveiled his latest list of swift and tough courses across the UK.

Pegwell Bay in Kent has emerged as the fastest parkrun course in the latest statistical survey conducted by Tim Grose from the Power of 10. The Pegwell Bay event, which is on a two-lap course of largely gravel trail in Pegwell Bay Country Park, is judged slightly quicker than Walsall Arboretum with Battersea in third place. Pegwell organisers say: “The course is 5000m long and has been accurately measured by us with a professional measuring wheel. It consists of a two laps of the Pegwell Bay Country Park consisting of gravel trail for the entire route. “Along the route runners will benefit from the most amazing coastal views across Pegwell Bay towards Ramsgate, in addition to views along the nature reserve and intertidal mud flats that year on year attracts many wildlife enthusiasts due to its national and international waders and wildfowl.” Pegwell Bay was also judged fastest when the last survey was done in 2023.

Parkrun ‘world records’ were set by CIARA MAGEEAN and NICK GRIGGS at the Belfast Victoria event but it places sixth on the list.

With 835 parkrun courses included, the toughest or slowest event is Great Yarmouth North Beach – Top 10 fastest parkruns:

1 Pegwell Bay
2 Walsall Arboretum
3 Battersea
4 Isabel Trail (Main)
5 Bromley (Winter)
6 Belfast Victoria
7 Widnes
8 Elder Park
9 Aberbeeg
10 Marine Parade (Main)

The full list can be seen here

WORLD ATHLETICS TO INTRODUCE PRE-CLEARANCE SEX TESTS FOR WOMEN – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

SEB COE says mandatory non-invasive swab tests will be brought in to further protect the female category. Just days after losing the battle to become president of the International Olympic Committee, SEB COE is back in action as president of World Athletics and, speaking at the close of the governing body’s latest council meeting, he said “pre-clearance tests” will be introduced soon for female athletes.

These will include cheek-swab or dry blood tests and will be non-invasive. They will only be necessary once in an athlete’s career, too. New regulations, he added, will be drafted in coming weeks with the chance the tests could be introduced ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo in September. COE said: “It’s important to do it because it maintains everything that we’ve been talking about, and particularly recently, about not just talking about the integrity of female women’s sport, but actually guaranteeing it. We feel this is a really important way of providing confidence and maintaining that absolute focus on the integrity of competition. “We will doggedly protect the female category, and we’ll do whatever is necessary to do it.”

Under its existing rules, World Athletics excludes anyone from the female category who has undergone male puberty, based on research that says trans women retain a significant physical advantage even after undergoing testosterone suppression therapy. But the governing body is now citing new evidence which shows there is already an athletically significant performance gap before the onset of puberty and is consequently looking to strengthen its rules in this area. COE says the move is motivated by a desire to “ensure that our guidelines keep up with the latest information available to maintain a fair and level playing field in the female category”. Of course sex tests are not new in athletics. World Athletics’ predecessor, the IAAF, introduced sex verification tests in the 1950s and later at the 1966 European Championships amid rumours that several female Eastern Bloc athletes were actually men. These were, however, physical or visual tests, which are very different to the non-invasive tests proposed this week.

World Athletics conducted consultation on the current proposals earlier this year. “Overwhelmingly, the view has come back that this is absolutely the way to go,” said COE, “within the caveats raised [on testing not being too intrusive].” Asked whether he felt the policy would stand up to legal challenge and scrutiny, COE said: “Yes I am, but you accept the fact that that is the world we live in. I would never have set off down this path to protect the female category in sport if I’d been anything other than prepared to take the challenge head on. “We’ve been to the court of arbitration [for sport] on our DSD [difference of sexual development] regulations. They have been upheld and they have again been upheld after appeal.” COE said World Athletics would now identify an agency equipped to deal with such a high capacity of tests. In other news, COE said the 300m hurdles will become an “official event”, although there is no suggestion it will be brought into major championships any time soon.

Current world records are held by FEMKE BOL with (36.86) and KARSTEN WARHOLM with (33.26). British athletes CHRIS RAWLINSON and DAVID HEMERY are among those who have held the world best marks for this event in the past. World Athletics said: “The 300m hurdles will become an official event, forming part of the Competition Rules & Technical Rules. As such, it will serve all World Athletics statistical purposes, including world rankings towards which it will score as a similar event to the 400m hurdles. A list of world best performances will be kept, while conditions for setting an inaugural world record will be decided at a later stage, once the popularity of the event will have reached a meaningful level.” A new mixed 4x100m with women running the first two legs followed by two men will be introduced to the World Athletics Relays this year in Guangzhou and the Ultimate Championships in 2026.

With regards evenets, GABORONE, BOTSWANA, will host the 2026 World Athletics Relays; BRASILIA, BRAZIL will stage the 2026 Race Walking Team Championships; and NASSAU, BAHAMAS, will hold the World Athletics Relays for the fifth time in 2028. In other news, there is no change to current sanctions over Russia and Belarus. The timetable for the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee in January was approved. The creation of a new coaching body will be investigated as well to provide a voice to coaches.

With the curtain having only just fallen on the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, COE said: “We had three days of really, really good action and it marks the start of a busy and productive year for athletics. This was the start of a three-year journey through Asia with five World Athletics events here in the next two and a half year.”

ATHLETICS WEEKLY 1969 TO 1987 – RICHARD SAMUEL wishes to dispose of his collection of Athletics Weekly’s, which ranges from mid 1969 to mid 1987. Most years are complete but there are a few gaps. Mostly the condition is good but a few are a bit dog eared. RICHARD suggests a donation to club funds by anyone interested and they would have be collected.
Anyone interested please contact RICHARD by email at Richard.samuel1@btinternet.com

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the February issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics February 2025 Throws Community Newsletter

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card has now been published on the SBH Website on 20 March 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s points tables, following the National Championships at Parliament Hill on 22 February –Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25     Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s Club Championship winners, following the 25 January Southern Championships – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2024-2025 Updated 25-01-25

STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025  The entrance fee on the membership form, cover the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER,  KAREN HARRISON,  TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport.  The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice.  The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme.  All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £37 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH MIDWEEK POLE VAULT CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Winter 2024-2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 02-09-24

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

STONEX STADIUM AWARDED TRACKMARK STANDARD – Congratulations on achieving the UK Athletics Quality Assurance Standards for StoneX Stadium. This is the letter from UK Athletics and certificate showing all area that achieved compliance – StoneX Stadium Award Letter 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER – alanweller111@gmail.com

Happy Birthday from Thursday 20 March to Wednesday 26 March – Sydney Allen, Matthew May, Talya Robinson, William Ryle-Hodges and William Sylvester

HELP WANTED – PARENTS – we need your help to ensure your child can compete at all their events this season!
Volunteering to help on the track or field at just a couple of our home and away fixtures in 2025, will give us certainty early on that the meetings can go ahead. It’s a fun way to be involved on the day, you will still be free to watch your child’s events, lunches and refreshments are always provided at our home fixtures and at most away ones too.

Please contact either GERALD ALTERMAN or ROSALIND ZEFFERTT for further information or complete this form SBH 2025 Summer Availability.
GERALD: (SBH Officials Secretary; athletics@marksman.plus.com: 07956 825781)
ROSALIND: (SBH Officials Co-ordinator: anglo.japan@outlook.com: 07973 822874)

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Has now been published on the SBH Website on 20 March 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Details of all fixture information will be published on the SBH Weekly Newsletter, 6 weeks before the fixture date.

Eastern Young Athletes League for U13, U15 and U17 age-groups – Sunday 13 April at Cambridge, Sunday 18 May at Watford, Sunday 15 June at Stevenage, Sunday 27 July at StoneX Stadium, the EYAL Finals take place on 7 September, venue to be confirmed.
Middlesex Young Athletes League for U11, U13, U15 and U17 age-groups – Saturday 3 May at Perivale, Sunday 1 June at Finsbury Park, Saturday 28 June at Harrow, Sunday 20 July at Parliament Hill.
UK Youth Development League for U17 and U20 age-groups – Sunday 27 April at Bromley, Sunday 25 May at Eton, Sunday 6 July at StoneX Stadium, the National Finals take place on 7 September, venue to be confirmed.
National Athletics League for U20 and Senior age-groups (Under 17s can compete as rule 42) – Saturday 31 May at Eton, Saturday 5 July at Derby, Saturday 16 August at Birmingham.
SCVAC Veterans League for 35 years and above – Monday 12 May at Lee Valley, Monday 9 June at Stevenage, Monday 7 July at Lee Valley, Monday 26 July at Harrow.
The only criteria is you have to be a 2nd claim member of Barnet & District AC. You can just turn up, then you will either be selected, if not you can compete as a guest

This summer Shaftesbury are promoting 5 fixtures at StoneX Stadium, which are – Saturday 21 June SBH Track and Field Open Meeting, Sunday 13 July SBH Jumps Open Meeting, Sunday 10 August SBH Showcase Open Meeting, Monday 25 August SBH Club Open And Championships and Sunday 14 September SBH Late Season Throwsfest.

NEW CLUB RECORDS – Last week I published some 10 new indoor records, one of these was ANGEL-GIFFORD MAYA who was shown on the Power of 10 as an Under 20, in fact he is an Under 17, and has now been corrected on the Power of 10. Which means his time of (11.48i) will be a club record, superceding TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU (11.55i) which was published last week.

The same error applies to IMIKAN EDOHO who was shown on the Power of 10 as an Under 13, in fact he is an Under 11, and has now been corrected on the Power of 10. Which means his time of (14.40i) will be a club record, superceding KENDRICK OGANYO (14.69i) which was published last week.

UPCOMING SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS – The following the 7 fixtures are now open to enter. Although the final fixture shown is the 30 August, please remember that sometimes there is a limit on the entries to an event, and that event Could Be Full in say 3-4 weeks time from now.
Open Meeting fixtures will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter . But Please Check between each issue of the Newsletter, if a fixture has just opened to enter, as sometimes there is a limit on the entries to an event, and that event Could Be Full by the time the Newsletter is published.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 2 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 1500m no times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=26507
Entries Closing Date Monday 31 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Saturday 5 April at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events –  100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 800m, 70mH, 75mH, 80mH, 100mH, 110mH, 400mH, Discus, Shot (full), Hammer – £10 per event.
Link to enter on OpenTrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/lvacopen/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 2 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Monday 21 Aprill at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 300m, 600m (8 spaces remaining), 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111125/
Entries Closing Date Monday 14 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 18 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111118/
Entries Closing Date Saturday 10 May
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 1 June at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111119/
Entries Closing Date Friday 23 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 20 July at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111120/
Entries Closing Date Friday 11 July
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Saturday 30 August at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111121/
Entries Closing Date Friday 22 August
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

These are the BFTA. Lee Valley and Watford open meeting dates

BFTA OPEN MEETINGS  – Takes place at Lee Valley, and all 5 fixtures are now open to enter on the Opentrack website – April 21, May 18, June 1, July 20, August 30.
LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETINGS  – Takes place Lee Valley – Fixtures still to be published. Details/Entries can be found on the Opentrack website.
WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS  – Takes place Watford – April 2, 16 and 30, May 14 and 28, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, August 6 and 20, September 3. Details/Entries can be found on the Roster Athletics website.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the recent 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2024 is £19. The current total is £104 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Ardingly Showground on 15 March
Junior Boys – The winner was Leo Blyton of Oxfordshire (8.22) 334 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Staffordshire (284 points), 2nd Sussex (295), 3rd Hertfordshire (315), 7th Middlesex (437), 31st Suffolk (1016) 41 teams finished
Junior Girls – The winner was Gabrielle Pinder of Cleveland (9.05) 333 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Essex (207 points), 2nd Merseyside (229), 3rd Sussex (280), 14th Hertfordshire (659), 18th Middlesex (725) 43 teams finished
Intermediate Boys – EUAN PHILLIPS U17 (Middlesex) 175th (16.29) the winner was Evan Grime of Greater Manchester (14.26) 326 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Kent (226 points), 2nd Surrey (252), 3rd Greater Manchester (260), 7th Middlesex (512), 22nd Hertfordshire (813) 42 teams finished
Intermediate Girls – POSIE SHAW U17 (Middlesex) 80th (13.58) the winner was Kitty Scott of Surrey (12.27) 328 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (89 points), 2nd Essex (266), 3rd Sussex (281), 30th Middlesex (1006), 36th Hertfordshire (1318) 42 teams finished
Senior Boys – GIANLEO STUBBS U20 (Hertfordshire) 36th (18.43), RAFI GAYER U20 (Hertfordshire) 37th (18.43), TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U20 (Middlesex) 86th (19.15) the winner was Alex Lennon of Surrey (17.46) 318 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Hertfordshire (295), 2nd Surrey (304), 3rd Hampshire (305), 12th Middlesex (579) 39 teams finished
Senior Girls – ZULEIKHA COLLINS U20 (Middlesex) 159th (16.08), DINA SILVERMAN U20 (Middlesex) 192nd (16.30) AKHALIA COLLINS U20 (Middlesex) 241st (17.45) the winner was Zoe Gilbody of Shropshire (13.23) 302 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Sussex (221 points), 2nd Greater Manchester (245), 3rd Surrey (254), 21st Middlesex (904), 34th Hertfordshire (1114) 37 teams finished

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 15-16 March
Hertfordshire
60m – U15B Straight Final KAIDEN SIMMONDS U15 won the Gold Medal (7.51i)
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 won the Gold Medal (3.40mi) Championship Record
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final THOMAS ROBERTSON U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 3.90mi) adding 5cm to his 25 January height, and is ranked UK No.7 U17 in 2025, ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 won the Silver Medal (3.80mi), RAMSEY GILL U17 won the Bronze Medal (PB 3.80mi) adding 8cm to his 2024 height
Pole Vault – U20M Straight Final ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE U20 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (3.50mi)
High Jump – SW Straight Final REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U23 won the Gold Medal (1.60mi)

Middlesex
60m – U15B H1 BEN BAMISAIYE U15 2nd (PB 8.10i) in the Final BEN finished 6th (PB 7.99i) taking .18 of a second off his 2024 time
60m – U15G H3 KAYLA ESCOBAR REINA U15 6th (9.18i)
60m – U17M H2 TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOME U17 3rd (7.44i), EESA ADEKUNLE ALI U17 5th (7.75i), H3 ASHER ESCOBAR-REINA U17 4th (PB 7.54i) equalling his 25 January time
60m – U17W H1 OLUWATISHE ADESANYA U17 6th (PB 9.13i), H2 ELLA BUCKLEY U17 1st equal (PB 8.26i) taking .12 of a second off her 11 January time, FAITH LAMPTEY U17 5th (PB 8.54i) taking .16 of a second off her 2024 time, in the Final ELLA finished 6th (PB 8.24i) taking .02 of a second off her H2 time
60m – U20M H1 NATHAN FERNANDES U20 2nd (PB 7.13i) taking .05 of a second off his 17 March time, H2 JAIAN SAUNDERS U20 1st (7.16i), H3 OLIVER LAURENS U20 1st (PB 7.17i) taking .02 of a second off his 1 February time, MIKO BRAI-ALOYE U20 3rd (PB 7.38i) taking .15 of a second off his 2024 time, in the Final NATHAN won the Silver Medal (PB 7.11i) taking .02 of a second off his H1 time, OLIVER won the Bronze Medal (PB 7.12i) taking .05 of a second off his H3 time, JAIAN finished 4th (7.13i)
60m – U20W Straight Final MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE U20 won the Gold Medal (PB 7.70i) taking .04 of a second off her 1 February time
60m – SM H2 SYDNEY MENDES U23 2nd (7.29i)
200m – U15B H1 LOUIS XUN U15 1st (PB 24.28i) taking 2.44 seconds off his 2023 time, H2 BEN BAMISAIYE U15 2nd (26.00i) in the Final LOUIS won the Silver Medal (PB 24.0i) taking .28 of a second off his H1 time, BEN finished 6th (PB 25.8i) taking .05 of a second off his 26 January time
200m – U15G H1 ANU JAIYEOLA U15 1st (27.23i), ALEXANDRA MAI U15 5th (PB 30.69i) in Semi-Final 1 ANU finished 1st (26.76i) in the Final ANU won the Gold Medal (26.17i)
200m – U17M H4 TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOME U17 3rd (24.25i) in Semi-Final 1 TYLER (DQ)
200m – U17W H2 OLUWATISHE ADESANYA U17 5th (PB 31.28i), H3 ELLA BUCKLEY U17 1st (PB 27.14i) taking 6.51 seconds off her 12 January time, H4 SHENEL OKRAH U17 4th (PB 28.55i), in Semi-Final 1 ELLA finished 2nd (PB 26.89i) taking .25 of a second off her H4 time, in the Final ELLA finished 4th (PB 26.85i) taking .04 of a second off her SF1 time
200m – U20M H1 JAIAN SAUNDERS U20 1st (23.45i), H2 OLIVER LAURENS U20 1st (SB 23.55i), MIKO BRAI-ALOYE U20 3rd (23.83i) in the Final JAIAN won the Gold Medal (SB 22.30i) taking .03 of a second off his 2 February time, OLIVER won the Silver Medal (SB 22.89i) taking .66 of a second off his H2 time, MIKO finished 5th (24.23i)
200m – U20W Straight Final MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE U20 won the Gold Medal (PB 24.88i) taking .09 of a second off her 2 February time
200m – SM H2 SYDNEY MENDES U23 1st (22.71i) in the Final SYDNEY won the Silver Medal (PB 22.42i) equalling his 15 February time
300m – U15B Straight Final BEN BAMISAIYE U15 won the Bronze Medal (PB 41.66i) taking .66 of a second off his 2024 time
300m – U17W H1 ELLA BUCKLEY U17 1st (PB 42.43i) taking .02 of a second off her 8 February time, in the Final ELLA won the Silver Medal (43.01i)
400m – U20M Straight Final JADEN AULIS U20 won the Silver Medal (SB 55.22i)
400m – U20W Straight Final LARISSA WILSON U20 won the Silver Medal (59.30i), ADANNA MAZINWOSU U20 won the Bronze Medal (60.31i), DINA SILVERMAN U20 finished 4th (PB 61.44i)
400m – SM H1 RAPHAEL AARON U23 2nd (PB 58.05i) in the Final RAPHAEL finished 4th (PB 57.23i) taking .82 of a second off his H1 time
800m – U20M Straight Final JACOB CLEMENT U20 won the Gold Medal (2:01.65i)
60m Hurdles – U15G Straight Final ALEXANDRA MAI U15 6th (PB 11.11i) taking .30 of a second off her 11 January time
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Bronze Medal (2.40mi)
Long Jump – U17W Straight Final MILLI BRIDGMAN-ATHANASATOS U17 finished 4th (4.15mi nwr)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final SAMUEL COHEN U20 5th (PB 4.26mi nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W Straight Final MILLI BRIDGMAN-ATHANASATOS U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 9.67mi nwr)
Triple Jump – SW Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Silver Medal (SB 7.50mi nwr) adding 25cm to her 2 February jump, and is ranked UK No.4 V60 in 2025
Shot 3kg – U17W Straight Final ELSA SHABANI U17 won the Gold Medal (SB 12.35mi) and is ranked UK No.8 U17 in 2025, KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 won the Bronze Medal (PB 11.10mi) adding 12cm to her 2023 put

NCAA D1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA on 14-15 March
400m – SM H3 JADEN SMITH U23 (Arkansas Washington) 3rd (46.50i)
Heptathlon – SM JAMI SCHEULTER (University of Washington) 12th (5619i points) 60m (6.98i), 1000m (SB 2:49.53i) taking 2.76 seconds off his 1 February time, 60m Hurdles (8.23i), High Jump (1.91mi), Pole Vault (4.57mi), Long Jump (6.61mi), Shot 7.26kg (PB 15.29mi) adding 70cm to his 2024 put

BE FIT TODAY TRACK ACADEMY INDOOR MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 9 March
A04 IMIKAN EDOHO U11 4th (PB 14.40i) taking .68 of a second off his 2024 time, A09 ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U17 1st (PB 11.52i) taking .68 of a second off his 2024 time, B07 ANGEL finished 1st (PB 11.48i) taking .04 of a second off his A09 time, and is ranked UK No.9 U17 in 2025, B25 IMIKAN finished 3rd (14.46i)

RUN THROUGH VICTORIA PARK HALF MARATHON – Took place at London Victoria Park on 9 March
PAUL LEWIS V50 45th (PB 1:25.45 1st V50) taking 5 minutes and 36 seconds off his 2022 when a V45

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,280 events – 256,531 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 12,682 first timers – 37,732 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 15 March
PAUL LEWIS V50 7th (23.21) this was his 250th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Battersea on 15 March
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U17 12th (16.41) this was his 70th Parkrun, DAVID GREENSTEIN V60 154th (20.22) this was his 95th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bushey on 15 March
DANIEL NICHOLS V40 7th (PB 17.09) this was his 62nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cafarella, Italy on 15 March
PAUL MACCARTHY V55 44th (23.59) this was his 229th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canon Hill on 15 March
EMILY HATHAWAY U23 17th (PB 18.27) this was her 39th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 15 March
LENARD MICHEL V55 32nd (24.57) this was his 138th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 69th (28.38) this was her 141st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 15 March
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 363rd (31.11) this was his 365th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hull on 15 March
KAYLA MICHEL U23 159th (24.49) this was her 54th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at long Eaton on 15 March
FREYA STAPLETON U23 3rd (17.12) this was her 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Luton Wardown on 15 March
BEN WINFIELD U23 1st (PB 16.03) this was his 20th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone River Park on 15 March
CLIFF GOLDING V70 80th (25.22) this was his 185th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Malmo Ribersborg, Sweden on 15 March
ELLIOT BURCHER U20 3rd (19.51) this was his 9th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 15 March
JO KENT V55 30th (21.39) this was her 161st Parkrun, SCARLETT KENT U23 39th (22.05) this was her 83rd Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 78th (24.09) this was his 461st Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 135th (26.00) this was his 314th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 15 March
LEWIS WARD U13 5th (19.08) this was his 7th Parkrun, SAM DARCY U15 7th (PB 19.20) this was his 30th Parkrun, SIENNA DARCY U13 22nd (PB 21.40) this was her 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 15 March
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 21st (19.28) this was his 31st Parkrun, LUCAS XIE U13 23rd (PB 19.32) this was his 3rd Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 65th (21.18) this was her 33rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Roundhay on 15 March
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 291st (36.11) this was his 15th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 20 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL – The SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

WORLD SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Glasgow from Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March
Note: You will be selected following the UK trials

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 1 – Takes place on Sunday 23 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Entries Closed

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 2 – Takes place on Saturday 29 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Link to the online entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-throwsfest-2/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 26 March, No Entries On The Day
Note: Events may be full before the Closing Date, Therefore Please Enter As Soon As Possible

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5K AND U13 3K ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 30 March at Milton Keynes.Bucks (MK14 6BN)/strong>
Start times – 11.00am U15/U17 5K, 12.00pm Men 6 Stages of 4.8K and 6 Stages of 7.2K, Women 4 Stages of 4.8K and 2 Stages of 7.2K
Entries Closed

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 2 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 1500m no times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=26507
Entries Closing Date Monday 31 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Saturday 5 April at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events –  100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 800m, 70mH, 75mH, 80mH, 100mH, 110mH, 400mH, Discus, Shot (full), Hammer – £10 per event.
Link to enter on OpenTrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/lvacopen/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 2 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 13 April at the Cambridge University Athletics Track, 18 Adams Road, Cambridge (Satnav CB3 9AD).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL-Timetable-2025-matches-1-and-3-v1 (1)
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 10 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 11 April

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 16 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 200m no, 7.15pm 400m no under 13s, 7.30pm 800m no times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries are not open yet –
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Monday 21 Aprill at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 300m, 600m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111125/
Entries Closing Date Saturday 6 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of three takes place on Sunday 27 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Track, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2025
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

ATHLETICS WEEKLY 1969 TO 1987 – RICHARD SAMUEL wishes to dispose of his collection of Athletics Weekly’s, which ranges from mid 1969 to mid 1987. Most years are complete but there are a few gaps. Mostly the condition is good but a few are a bit dog eared. RICHARD suggests a donation to club funds by anyone interested and they would have be collected.
Anyone interested please contact RICHARD by email at Richard.samuel1@btinternet.com

MINI LONDON MARATHON ALUMNI TO RETURN THIS SPRING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of KEELY HODGKINSON and JAKE WIGHTMAN taken by MARK SHEARMAN

Former Mini London Marathon Championship runners have been invited to take part in the 40th edition of the event on 26 April.

The list of former competitors at the Mini London Marathon reads like a who’s who and includes MO FARAH, HANNAH COCKCROFT, KEELY HODGKINSON, JAKE WIGHTMAN, JOSH KERR, DAVID WEIR and ALISTAIR BROWNLEE. This year to mark the 40th edition of the young athlete event, organisers are welcoming former competitors to relive their experience and take part in a special wave. On Saturday 26 April, previous participants can return to the start line and take in the sights of the historic TCS-sponsored event. It will be an opportunity to see how the event has grown over the years, to join fellow alumni and the organisers for something to eat in hospitality on The Mall, as well as participate in the very special ‘40th wave’ covering 2.6km. BEN COOPER, Event Lead for the TCS Mini London Marathon, said: “In 2025, London Marathon Events will be celebrating the famous history of the TCS Mini London Marathon, and those who have helped make it what it is today.

“Over the last 40 editions, some of this country’s biggest names in sport have been born – including the likes of our Olympic gold medallists SIR MO FARAH and KEELY HODGKINSON – while numerous others have enjoyed a successful career in sport and activity, inspiring the next generation of young people to be active. “The 40th wave welcomes back some of those past participants and winners, and their families, to take in what the Mini London Marathon has become and to hopefully pass the magic of the event on to their families, friends and many more. We look forward to welcoming them back.”

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the February issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics February 2025 Throws Community Newsletter

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card has now been published on the SBH Website on 20 March 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s points tables, following the National Championships at Parliament Hill on 22 February –Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25     Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s Club Championship winners, following the 25 January Southern Championships – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2024-2025 Updated 25-01-25

STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025  The entrance fee on the membership form, cover the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER,  KAREN HARRISON,  TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport.  The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice.  The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme.  All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £37 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH MIDWEEK POLE VAULT CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Winter 2024-2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 02-09-24

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

STONEX STADIUM AWARDED TRACKMARK STANDARD – Congratulations on achieving the UK Athletics Quality Assurance Standards for StoneX Stadium. This is the letter from UK Athletics and certificate showing all area that achieved compliance – StoneX Stadium Award Letter 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Happy Birthday from Thursday 13 March to Wednesday 18 March – Carole Brown, Hannah Foster, Amy Goddard, Robbie Lightowler, Finn MaCarthy, Fellan McGuigan, Ethan Moss, Lina Nielsen, Daniel Nichols and Emmanuella Owusu-Bempah

HELP WANTED – PARENTS – we need your help to ensure your child can compete at all their events this season!
Volunteering to help on the track or field at just a couple of our home and away fixtures in 2025, will give us certainty early on that the meetings can go ahead. It’s a fun way to be involved on the day, you will still be free to watch your child’s events, lunches and refreshments are always provided at our home fixtures and at most away ones too.

Please contact either GERALD ALTERMAN or ROSALIND ZEFFERTT for further information or complete this form SBH 2025 Summer Availability.
GERALD: (SBH Officials Secretary; athletics@marksman.plus.com: 07956 825781)
ROSALIND: (SBH Officials Co-ordinator: anglo.japan@outlook.com: 07973 822874)

NEW CLUB RECORDS – The following are Indoor events that started from 2024, and are currently not included in the SBH Club Records, the events are the 100m, 200m and 600m which were all at Lee Valley.
Congratulations to the following – 100m U11B KENDRICK OGANYO (14.69i) 10-03-24, U13B LUCAS DAVIS (13.53i) 10-03-24, U13G DAMI ADENKUNLE (13.86i) 09-03-25, U15G AARA KAMARA (12.71i) 10-03-24, U17M TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU (11.55i) 09-03-25, U17W HOLLY RYAN (12.32i) 09-03-25, U20M ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA (11.48i) 09-03-25, U20W TAMI GEORGE (12.10i) 09-03-25 – 200m U13G DAMI ADENKUNLE (28.66i) 09-03-25 – 600m U13G KEENYAH ADELISE (1:49.52i) 09-03-25

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to HOLLY RYAN who set a new Under 17 Women 400m Indoor Club Record (59.74i) at the Be Fit Today Indoor Meeting at Lee Valley on 9 March 2025. The previous record was (61.71i) by MIA HIGSON at Lee Valley on 20 March 2022.

EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Apeldoorn, Netherlands on 6-9 March
60m – SM H3 JOHN OTUGADE 4th (6.63i) in Semi Final 3 JOHN finished 5th (6.67i)
4x400m Mixed Relay – SX GB&NI won the Bronze Medal (SB 3:16.49i)
4x400m Relay – SW GB&NI won the Silver Medal (SB 3:24.89i)
Shot 7.26kg – SM Qualification SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 5th (20.54mi) in the Final SCOTT finished 4th (20.73mi)

60m – JOHN OTUGADE in his debut for GB&NI, equipped himself well in his first major championships. Running the heats and semi-final with a few hours of each other he was very happy on his performance. This is the link to his video on the SBH instagram https://www.instagram.com/shaftesbury_barnet/i  in which he reflects on the championship, especially as JOHN works as a full time solicitor.

4x400m Mixed Relay – Both EMILY NEWNHAM U23 and LINA NIELSEN were both selected in the relay squad. The mixed relay was on the first day, with ALASTAIR CHALMERS on the opening leg, who handed over to EMILY in 4th place over 5m behind, EMILY ran an outstanding leg closing on the leaders after 200m, and handed over to JOSHUA FAULDS in a close 3rd place, JOSHUA handed over to LINA in 2nd place, the handover was a bit sloppy, which meant LINA was in 4th place after some 20m, LINA ran a solid race and took the team home winning the Bronze Medals. Finishing ,30 of a second behind Belgium. Unfortunately I have had problems trying to find the individual splits.

Shot 7.26kg –SCOTT LINCOLN competing in his first European Indoor Championships, starting the qualification early on the final day, he had a good series of throws to finish in 5th place (20.54mi), qualifying for the final later in the day. In the final SCOTT improved his performance with a put of (20.73mi) to finish in 4th place. SCOTT will now compete in the World Championships in 2 weeks’ time, and will be looking at a higher place than his 16th in the 2022 Championships.

4x400m Women’s Relay – The penultimate race of the Championships, in which the team was LINA NIELSEN, HANNAH KELLY, EMILY NEWNHAM U23 and AMBER ANNING. LINA running the first leg ran a well-controlled race to hand over to HANNAH a fraction behind the Dutch runner, HANNAH manages to stay with Dutch, and handed over to EMILY a couple of metres adrift, EMILY running with confidence gave the Dutch woman a hard time, and handed over to AMBER almost level, AMBER has FEMKE BOL in front her, and matched her until the final 50m, when BOL eased away to the gold medal, and AMBER finished, giving the team the Silver Medals.

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Nanjing, China, from 21-23 March.
GB&NI are sending a team of 13 athletes, included in the team is SCOTT LINCOLN, following his outstanding 4th place at the recent European Indoor Championships.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth and final fixtures took place on 1 March. We wish to thank all our athletes, including many of our recent new members, who made it another successful season for the club. Also many thanks to those parents, team managers, officials and helpers for their support throughout the season.

The results of the 1 March and the recently published fixture of the 18 January are in the results section.
These are the final league positions for all age-groups – Under 11 Boys League Champions, Under 11 Girls 2nd place, Under 13 Boys 3rd place, Under 13 Girls 4th place, Under 15 Boys 6th place, Under 15 Girls 10th place, Under 17 Men 8th place, Under 17 Wonen 8th place

The aggregate of the 4 age-groups for the season is as follows – Boys 1st London Heathside (158 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (152), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (135), 4th SBH (128) – Girls 1st London Heathside (165 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (151), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (148), 7th SBH (113)

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the recent 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2024 is £19. The current total is £104 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.

SCOTTISH ATHLETICS SENIOR AND UNDER 20 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Emirates Arena on 9 March
High Jump – SM LEWIS MCGUIRE won the Silver Medal (1.99mi)
High Jump – SW CLAIRE MCGARVEY won the Bronze Medal (SB 1.64mi)

BE FIT TODAY TRACK ACADEMY INDOOR MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 9 March
100m – SM A02 SHAAYUN RANMAL U11 5th (PB 15.34i), A03 MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 2nd (PB 13.73i) taking .83 of a second off his 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U13 in 2025, SETH SAUNDERS U13 4th (PB 13.90i), A04 IMIKAN EDOHO U13 4th (PB 14.40i) taking .68 of a second off his 2024 time, A09 ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U20 1st (PB 11.52i) taking .68 of a second off his 2024 time, EYTAN POSNER U17 5th (PB 13.46i), A10 ASHER ESCOBAR U17 2nd (PB 11.88i) taking .36 of a second off his 2024 time, EESA ADEKUNLE-ALI U17 3rd (PB 11.98i) taking .36 of a second off his 2024 time, A11 TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU U17 2nd (PB 11.55i), A16 MIKO BRAI-ALOYE U20 1st (PB 11.61i), A20 SAVAN MALIK U20 2nd (PB 11.72i), B07 ANGEL finished 1st (PB 11.48i) taking .04 of a second off his A09 time, and is ranked UK No.10 u20 in 2025, B08 TYLER finished 3rd (11.63i), B09 MIKO finished 4th (11.68i), B10 SAVAN finished 3rd (11.76i), B12 ASHER finished 4th (PB 11.86i) taking .02 of a second off his A10 time, B13 EESA finished 2nd (12.04i), B22 MICHAEL finished 1st (PB 13.58i) taking .15 of a second off his A03 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U13 in 2025, B23 SETH finished 1st (PB 13.83i) taking .07 of a second off his A03 time, and is ranked UK No.8 U13 in 2025, B25 IMIKAN finished 3rd (14.46i), B26 SHAAYUN finished 4th (15.39i)
100m – SW A10 SIENNA DARCY U13 3rd (SB 14.06i), AVERY ANDOH U15 4th (SB 14.25i), GEORGINA WARMATE U13 5th (PB 14.56i), A13 DAMI ADENKUNLE U13 5th (PB 13.87i) taking .38 of a second off her 2024 time, A17 SHENEL OKRAH U17 4th (PB 13.49i), A19 HOLLY RYAN U17 2nd (PB 12.32i) and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2025, A23 TAMI GEORGE U20 1st (PB 12.10i) taking .04 of a second off her 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2025, MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE U20 2nd (PB 12.25i), B01 MAKAYLA finished 3rd (PB 12.24i) taking .01 of a second off her A23 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2025, TAMI finished 4th (12.60i), B10 SHENEL finished 1st (PB 13.44i) taking .05 of a second off her A17 time, B12 DAMI finished 1st (PB 13.86i) taking .01 of a second off her A13 time, and is ranked UK No.7 U13 in 2025, B13 SIENNA finished 2nd (PB 13.93i) taking .13 of a second off her A10 time, and is ranked UK No.8 U13 in 2025, B15 AVERY finished 1st (PB 14.01i) taking .24 of a second off her A10 time, B17 GEORGINA finished 4th (14.65i)
200m – SX 3 SIENNA DARCY U13 1st (PB 29.15i) taking 1.27 seconds off her 2024 time, 4 DAMI ADENKUNLE U13 2nd (PB 28.66i) taking 1.44 seconds off her 2024 time, GEORGINA WARMATE U13 4th (PB 29.73i) taking .07 of a second off her 26 January time, 10 KEENYAH ADELISE U13 4th (30.34i), 11 DINA SILVERMAN U20 1st (27.16i) taking .65 of a second off her 2022 time, 17 MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 5th (PB 29.83i) taking .66 of a second off his 2024 time, 21 TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU U17 2nd (PB 24.03i) taking .16 of a second off his 12 January time, 24 SAVAN MALIK U20 4th (24.91i)
400m – SX 1 HOLLY RYAN U17 1st (PB 59.74i), 2 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U20 3rd (60.44i)
600m – SX 1 KEENYAH ADELISE U13 1st (1:49.52i) taking 4 seconds off her 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U13 in 2025

CAMBRIDGE HALF MARATHON – Took place at Cambridge on 9 March
DANIEL NICHOLS V40 198th (PB 1:18.10) taking 1 minute and 8 seconds off his 2024 v40 time, THOMAS MILLER 253rd (PB 1:19.26), MARK COTTLE V35 636th (SB 1:25.32) 13,574 runners finished

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Wollaton Park, Nottingham on 8 March
Under 13 Boys – BEN KASPAR (Middlesex) 28th (11.34), DENNYS PASCAL (Middlesex) 45th (11.47) the winner was Jack Shingler of Gloucestershire (10.59) 313 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Berkshire (102 points), 2nd Kent (103), 3rd Middlesex (124), 9th Hertfordshire (222) 41 teams finished

Under 13 Girls – The winner was Madison Kindler of Essex (11.58) 308 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (46 points), 2nd Merseyside (66), 3rd Berkshire (111), 20th Middlesex (392), 24th Hertfordshire (487) 40 teams finished

Under 15 Boys – BEN KASPAR (Middlesex) 28th (11.34), DENNYS PASCAL (Middlesex) 45th (11.47) the winner was Ewan Withnall of Derbyshire (13.36) 313 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (75 points), 2nd Yorkshire (82), 3rd Sussex (115), 5th Hertfordshire (124), 12th Middlesex (273) 42 teams finished

Under 15 Girls – AIMEE PORTER (Hertfordshire) 56th (16.36) the winner was Kitty Scott of Surrey (14.53) 304 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (35 points), 2nd Scotland East (91), 3rd Essex (170), 14th Middlesex (276), 28th Hertfordshire (533) 43 teams finished

Under 17 Men – The winner was Alex Lennon of Surrey (18.56) 290 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (65 points), 2nd Yorkshire (66), 3rd Scotland West (91), 10th Hertfordshire (231), 11th Middlesex (240) 42 teams finished

Under 17 Women – POSIE SHAW (Middlesex) 53rd (20.33) the winner was Katie Pye of Surrey (18.29) 273 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (57 points), 2nd Yorkshire (96), 3rd Scotland East (98), 10th Middlesex (223), 36th Hertfordshire (670) 39 teams finished

Under 20 Men – TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE (Hertfordshire) 75th (28.08) 56th the winner was Aron Gebremariam of Warwickshire (25.00) 169 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Essex (54 points), 2nd Suffolk (102), 3rd Warwickshire (104), 16th Hertfordshire (383) 24 teams finished

Under 20 Women – CHARLOTTE HARRIS (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 67th (26.03), EMMA MCCLUSKEY (Middlesex) 95th (27.31) the winner was Freya Bradley of Avon & Somerset (21.51) 144 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Kent (83 points), 2nd Berkshire (96), 3rd Surrey (98), 7th Middlesex (217), 13th Hertfordshire (343) 15 teams finished

Senior Men – The winner was Brett Rushman of Hertfordshire (29.45) 277 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Northern Ireland (149 points), 2nd Surrey (218), 3rd Yorkshire (223) 30 teams finished

Senior Women – INDIRA PATEL (Hertfordshire) 130th (33.11) the winner was Jessica Gibbon of Oxfordshire (27.01) 266 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (120 points), 2nd Yorkshire (215), 3rd Lancashire (290), 6th Hertfordshire (438) 31 teams finished

ENGLAND ATHLETICS AGE-GROUP COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OPEN MEETING – Took place at Sheffield on 8-9 March
800m – W45 LISA WEBB V55 7th (2:54.39i)

GC FOSTER CLASSIC – Took place at Spanish town, Jamaica on 8 March
100m – SW PARIS KING U23 3rd (SB 12.17 w1.9) and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2025
200m – SM 1 ZHARNEL HUGHES 2nd (SB 20.41 w1.2) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2025

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – Took place at Brent Country Park on 1 March
There were our top 5 finishers – Under 11 Boys WILLIAM STOCKDALE 2nd and ARI RUBENSTEIN 3rd – Under 13 Boys HENRY COWAN 4th

Under 11 Boys (2000m) – WILLIAM STOCKDALE 2nd (6.49), ARI RUBENSTEIN 3rd (6.57), DANIYAL JANMOHAMED 6th (7.12), LUCAS XIE 8th (7.14), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 9th (7.14), JAKE MICHALIK 15th (7.29), RIAN VARIA 17th (7.38), HUGO COWAN 29th (8.12), MARKO BIRD 43rd (8.45), IVAN BIRD 47th (8.55), T BETTRIDGE 48th (8.56), RAFI RUBENSTEIN 49th (9.02) the winner was Harry McDonald of Dacorum (6.45) 55 runners finished
Team Result – 1st SBH A (19 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (58), 3rd SBH B (70), 13th SBH C (187) 13 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st SBH A (60 points), 2nd London Heathside (49), 3rd Highgate Harriers (48), 5th SBH B (34), 21st (1) 21 teams finished

Under 11 Girls (2000m) – KEENYAH ADELISE 7th (7.42), LILY JANMOHAMED 11th (7.56), AMELIA WILKES 13th (8.04), LILA POWELL 20th (8.31), ELSIE BETTRIDGE 23rd (8.41), HARRIETT COWAN 25th (8.42), CATHERINE SMITH 30th (9.01) the winner was Sophia Davies of Thames Valley Harriers (7.01) 38 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow A (22 points), 2nd SBH (47), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow B (58) 9 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (60 points), 2nd SBH (51), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (42) 14 teams finished

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – HENRY COWAN 4th (10.58), LEWIS WARD 7th (11.04), ROAN PARKES 10th (11.21), TAHA COCKERELL 23rd (12.16) the winner was Filip Kounoupas-Prasato of London Heathside (10.33) 39 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (54 points), 2nd SBH (44), 3rd Highgate Harriers (55) 11 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Highgate Harriers (22 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (51), 3rd SBH (49) 14 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – GRACE ROONEY 12th (12.41), LUCIA CASELENUOVO 15th (12.53), SIENNA DARCY 18th (12.59) the winner was Capree Cooper of Barnet & District (11.26) 32 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (34 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (61), 3rd London Heathside (64),7th SBH (78) 10 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (53 points), 2nd London Heathside (48), 3rd Barnet & District (45), 4th SBH (40) 13 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (3800m) – SAM DARCY 15th (13.45), SAM CLEMENTS 16th (13.54) the winner was Adam Falkowski of Trent Park (12.19) 27 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Highgate Harriers (33 points), 2nd Trent Park (43), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (53), 7th SBH (87) 10 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Highgate Harriers (56 points), 2nd London Heathside (45), 3rd Trent Park (43), 6th SBH (32) 14 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (3800m) – No SBH runners, the winner was A Johnson of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (13.27) 30 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Harrow (36 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (39), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (54) 10 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (53 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (55), 3rd Harrow (54), 10th SBH (13) 14 teams finished

Under 17 Men (5000m) – No SBH runners, the winner was I Metzey of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (16.53) 19 runners finished
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (22 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (30), 3rd Maidenhead (58) 8 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st London Heathside (46 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (46), 3rd Maidenhead (34), 8th SBH (16) 12 teams finished

Under 17 Women (5000m) – No SBH runners, the winner was L Delvendahl of Highgate Harriers (20.37) 8 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Highgate Harriers (17 points), 2nd Queens Park Harriers (29), 3rd Maidenhead (30) 4 teams finished
Final Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Highgate Harriers (56 points), 2nd London Heathside (48), 3rd Dacorum (46), 8th SBH (10) 9 teams finished

Boys Overall Team Result After 5 Fixtures, For All 4 Age-Groups (A Teams Only) – 1st London Heathside (158 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (152), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (135), 4th SBH (128)

Girls Overall Team Result After 5 Fixtures, For All 4 Age-Groups (A Teams Only) – 1st London Heathside (165 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (151), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (148), 7th SBH (113)

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fourth of five fixtures took at Hampstead Heath Extension on 18 January.
There were our top 5 finishers – Under 11 Boys DANIYAL JANMOHAMED 4th and LUCAS XIE 5th – Under 13 Boys ROAN PARKES 5th – Under 17 Men AIDAN MCAVOY 5th

Under 11 Boys (1700m) – DANIYAL JANMOHAMED 4th (6.07), LUCAS XIE 5th (6.07), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 8th (6.12), ETHAN SLUTZIK 13th (6.26), RIAN VARIA 23rd (6.46), OLLIE REDWOOD 32nd (7.05), MARKO BIRD 42nd (7.43), IVAN BIRD 43rd (7.44), THEO BETTRIDGE 45th (7.57) the winner was Harry McDonald of Dacorum (5.54) 50 runners finished
Team Result – 1st SBH (23 points), 2nd London Heathside (45), 3rd Highgate Harriers (89) 15 teams finished

Under 11 Girls (1700m) – KEENYAH ADELISE 7th (6.38), LILY JANMOHAMED 13th (6.53), ELSIE BETTRIDGE 19th (7.19), GEORGINA WARMATE 23rd (7.28) the winner was Jemma Watson of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (5.56) 48 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (21 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (60), 3rd SBH (62) 14 teams finished

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – ROAN PARKES 5th (11.38) the winner was Filip Kounoupas-Prasato of London Heathside (11.11) 30 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Highgate Harriers (35 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (37), 3rd London Heathside (60), 7th SBH (98) 10 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – SIENNA DARCY 16th (14.04) the winner was Mami Keam-George of Thames Valley Harriers (12.25) 34 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (54 points), 2nd London Heathside (61), 3rd Barnet & District (65), 11th SBH (121) 11 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (3800m) – LADDIE SHAW 14th (15.34), SAM CLEMENTS 15th (15.45), OMAR MIAH 18th (16.01, SAM DARCY 23rd (16.39), AARON HILDALGO-HUDI 29th (17.01) the winner was Alfred Chen of Thames Valley Harriers (13.41) 27 runners finished
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (37 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (41), 3rd SBH (61) 8 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (3800m) – OLIVIA ABBOTT 12th (17.48) the winner was Sonny Allen of Highgate Harriers (14.45) 29 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (29 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (44), 3rd Harrow (59), 7th SBH (102) 9 teams finished

Under 17 Men (4800m) – AIDAN MCAVOY 5th (15.52) the winner was Sam Turner of London Heathside (14.55) 17 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (41 points), 2nd London Heathside (41), 3rd Barnet & District (50), 7th SBH (59) 9 teams finished

Under 17 Women (4800m) – No SBH runners, the winner was Lily Johnson of Dacorum (16.39) 8 runners finished
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (27 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (24), 3rd Dacorum (21) 3 teams finished, the team results appear to be incorrect

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,282 events – 263,574 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 13,524 first timers – 34,744 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 8 March
ETHAN SLUTZKIN U11 6th (22.56) this was his 121st Parkrun, CLAUDIA SLUTZKIN V40 16th (PB 26.00) this was her 197th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Battersea on 8 March
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U17 6th (16.30) this was his 69th Parkrun, EUAN PHILLIPS U17 15th (16.47) this was his 49th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 8 March
LENARD MICHEL V55 23rd (23.18) this was his 137th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 102nd (28.58) this was her 140th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cassiobury on 8 March
PAUL LEWIS V50 169th (25.09) this was his 249th Parkrun,

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hull on 8 March
KAYLA MICHEL U23 104th (24.29) this was her 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 8 March
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U13 3rd (18.51) this was his 9th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 40th (22.22) this was his 313th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 75th (24.19) this was his 460th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 8 March
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 352nd (60.12) this was his 338th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 8 March
HARRISON HENDERSON U13 7th (19.01) this was his 2nd Parkrun, SAM DARCY U15 10th (19.34) this was his 29th Parkrun, AMBER JACKSON U15 20th (PB 21.16) this was her 28th Parkrun, SIENNA DARCY U13 26th (22.02) this was her 1st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 8 March
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 20th (PB 18.58) this was his 30th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 58th (21.09) this was her 32nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Shorne Woods on 8 March
CLIFF GOLDING V70 65th (27.58) this was his 184th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Southampton on 8 March
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 93rd (20.45) this was his 14th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 8 March
MEGAN HAMMOND U17 20th (24.43) this was her 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at The Old Showfield on 8 March
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 22nd (21.45) this was his 44th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 13 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL – The SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 15 March and Sunday 16 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Entries Closed

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 March at West Sussex.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Alachua, Florida, USA from Saturday 15 March to Friday 21 March.
Entries Closed

WORLD SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Glasgow from Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March
Note: You will be selected following the UK trials

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 1 – Takes place on Sunday 23 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Link to the online entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-throwsfest-1/
Entries Closing Date Thursday 20 March, No Entries On The Day
Note: Events may be full before the Closing Date, Therefore Please Enter As Soon As Possible

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 2 – Takes place on Saturday 29 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Link to the online entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-throwsfest-2/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 26 March, No Entries On The Day
Note: Events may be full before the Closing Date, Therefore Please Enter As Soon As Possible

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5K AND U13 3K ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 30 March at Milton Keynes.Bucks (MK14 6BN)/strong>
Start times – 11.00am U15/U17 5K, 12.00pm Men 6 Stages of 4.8K and 6 Stages of 7.2K, Women 4 Stages of 4.8K and 2 Stages of 7.2K
Entries Closing Date Monday 17 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

LEE VALLEY MINITHON INDOOR FIXTURES – Is for School years 3 to 7, in which you compete in 3 events from the following – 60m, 200m, 600, 60m Hurdles, High Jump (Year 6 and 7 only), Long Jump, Shot Put and Javelin (Year 6 and 7 only).
The final fixture is on Saturday 22 March.
Link to information guide on the Minithon – Information Guide For Lee Valley Minithon
To enter please use this link – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/kids-activities#%20
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

SEBASTIAN COE ENTERS HOME STRAIGHT OF IOC PRESIDENTIAL RACE – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

As the battle to become IOC President enters the final days, DUNCAN MACKAY assesses the chances of SEBASTIAN COE, the man in charge of World Athletics, being able to prove his doubters wrong once again.

SEBASTIAN COE has stood in enough elections in his life to know that you have to expect the unexpected. But he will surely never experience anything again as surreal as he did during the 2001 UK general election, when he was on the stump canvassing for votes and he ended up fighting on the street with a man dressed as a clown. A British tabloid newspaper had come up with the idea of sending “Krusty” to whichever constituency that COE’S boss and former Conservative Party leader WILLIAM HAGUE was campaigning in with the aim of getting a photograph of the two together with the purpose of being able to snatch a picture which would allow them to pose the question: “Which one’s the clown?” COE had been given the job of making sure that this picture opportunity never happened. After a couple of weeks, things came to a head in Chichester when arguably Britain’s greatest athlete found himself trading punches with a man dressed in a green wig, sporting a luminous red nose and wearing oversized shoes.

Now 24 years on, COE is engaged in a quite different kind of election and one where he is canvassing to a quite different electorate. The campaign to be elected only the tenth President of the International Olympic Committee since it was founded in 1894 is, on the surface, a much more genteel affair. “In this campaign I certainly don’t get my son asking: ‘Dad. Why were you hitting a clown?’,” COE told AW. “I finished with my shirt and jacket ripped that day. A general election is obviously more public. In a street campaign it can get hairy. And you don’t get voters in the IOC saying they are not voting for you and telling you to get stuffed.” Earlier this year, as COE cruised through the lobby of a five-star hotel in Lausanne packed with international sports officials, billionaires, entrepreneurs, royalty, top politicians and even an Oscar-winning actress, the contrast with punch-ups in Chichester and wet days on the campaign trail in Preston could not have been more striking. But the essence of the job is basically the same – securing enough votes from the 109 IOC members drawn from all over the world to win the election in Greece on March 20.

The gathering in Lausanne at the end of January was COE’S only opportunity to get to meet the electorate in one place before the election, press the flesh and sell his vision of how he thinks the organisation which wields more power in sport than any other should look in the 21st century. The election is taking place amid strict rules about what candidates can and cannot do. Everything is being conducted in the utmost secrecy. Privately, COE doesn’t agree with it. Publicly, he says: “You have to follow the rules.” COE, a former Government Whip, is well versed at the complex arithmetic of counting prospective votes. He has been travelling the world since he officially confirmed last September that he was standing for the role and has been discreetly lobbying anyone who has a vote, trying to persuade them that he is the man who can lead them forward in a period of growing geopolitical tensions. The key to success is avoiding too much of a hard sell on IOC members. Stroking egos and pushing the right emotional buttons is crucial. Unlike in a general election, the one question COE cannot ask is: “Have we got your vote?” IOC members are notoriously secretive about their voting plans and it is considered bad manners to even ask. But COE’S team somehow have to work out the numbers in the most competitive contest in history, featuring seven candidates with no clearcut favourite. An encouraging word here or friendly smile there is often enough to be taken as a sign of support. “In a Whip’s office your raison d’être is to make sure there are no surprises,” Coe said. “It is like that. You have to know what is being spoken about in the coffee house. You have to follow the nuances.”

Following a modest career as an MP, COE has discovered his true calling and few people in world sport understand how this works better than him. He went through the exact same thing 20 years ago when he successfully led the bid from London 2012 to bring the Olympic Games back to the city for the first time in 64 years. London started that race considered to be the outsiders behind Paris and were largely written off. But now, just as then, there is a growing feeling that Coe is gathering momentum the closer the finish line gets. He is 68 now but remains as driven as when he was in his prime on the track, winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals and setting 12 world records. Wherever he is in the world, he still runs most mornings before he does anything else and covers up to 30 miles a week, which he still records in the training diaries he has kept since he was a teenager.

Running for IOC President requires a different kind of preparation. “I will work harder for this than I’ll probably ever work for anything,” COE said when he launched his manifesto last December. “It’s the dance that I just couldn’t sit out.” COE faces competition for the role from Spaniard JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH JR, France’s DAVID LAPPARTIENT, Zimbabwe’s KIRSTY COVENTRY, Japan’s MORINARI WATANABE, British-Swede JOHAN ELIASCH and PRINCE FEISAL AL HUSSEIN of Jordan.

Current IOC President THOMAS BACH, who had been first elected in 2013, announced during the Olympics in Paris last July that he intended to stand down after the end of his second term this year. COE quickly emerged as part of a lead group also containing COVENTRY and SAMARANCH. COVENTRY, a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist, is bidding to become the first woman and African to head the IOC. SAMARANCH is one of four current IOC vice-presidents and whose late father was in charge of the IOC for 21 years until 2001. COE has claimed Olympic sport is “fundamental to my DNA” and that “a laser-like focus on sport must be the priority for the IOC. I believe I can help achieve this and more.” But, out of the three favourites, he started out considered the most unlikely to win, even though he is probably the best qualified candidate for IOC President in history.

He is the only one ever to have won an Olympic gold medal, chaired the organising committee of an Olympic Games, served as head of a National Olympic Committee, having led the British Olympic Association between 2012 and 2016 and been President of an international federation. The image that COE has – unfairly – is of someone who has been handed everything on a silver plate. Both his Olympic gold medals were achieved against the odds – first at Moscow 1980 when he bounced back from a shock defeat in the 800m to main rival STEVE OVETT to claim the 1500m and then, four years later in Los Angeles, when written off by the British media who had campaigned for PETER ELLIOTT to go instead, he retained the title. That led to him walking round the track in the LA Memorial Coliseum with one finger pointed in the air while screaming in the direction of the press box: “Who says I’m f***ing finished now?”

It was COE’S aura that rescued London’s faltering Olympic campaign and propelled it to a brilliant victory but it is largely forgotten now that, when the original bid committee was drawn up under TONY BLAIR’S Labour Government, COE was not part of it. In the end, it took some intense lobbying from the same British media that had once written him off that finally saw him given a role. I can still remember in 2003, along with colleagues NEIL WILSON from The Daily Mail, and COLIN HART, of The Sun, pinning the then Culture Secretary TESSA JOWELL in the corner of the old press room at Crystal Palace and telling her that COE needed to be included in the bid. “I’ve never had a problem with being an underdog,” COE said. “Lots of underdogs come through very well.”

COE’S biggest opponent this time may not be COVENTRY or SAMARANCH, but BACH. The German and COE used to be close friends. In 1980, both were selected by the then IOC President JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH for the first IOC Athletes’ Commission. They even had nicknames for each other: COE called BACH the “Professor” and BACH called COE “Shakespeare”.  When COE gave the first speech by an athlete to the Olympic Congress at Baden-Baden in 1981 BACH, just winding down a successful fencing career at the time, helped him write it.

Cracks in their relationship began appearing shortly after COE was elected the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (later rebranded as World Athletics) in 2015 just as the extent of the doping scandal in Russia began to emerge. COE’S response on how to deal with it was much harsher than BACH’S at the IOC as he tried to maintain his good relationship with Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN. Then, when PUTIN invaded Ukraine in 2022, COE was again much stronger as World Athletics banned Russia from all of its events until the war ended. The IOC, in contrast, tried to produce a scheme which allowed some form of Russian representation at the Olympics.

Also, before the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo – which took place a year later because of the COVID pandemic – the two also clashed over the right of athletes to protest publicly on the medal podium. When TOMMIE SMITH, PETER NORMAN and JOHN CARLOS were chosen to receive the World Athletics President’s award in recognition of their protest for Black rights at Mexico City 1968, BACH responded by claiming that COE had broken his federation’s own rule on “political and religious marketing”. COE has insisted that he still considers BACH a friend, but any traces of a relationship have long since evaporated. There is now outright hatred on the part of BACH. At the start of the campaign, BACH was heavily supporting COVENTRY, even ringing up IOC members to tell them to vote for a woman who, as Sports Minister, is a leading member of a Zimbabwean Government ranked 149th out of 180 countries in “On Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index”. As COVENTRY’S chances have faded, BACH has adopted a new approach. He is now contacting IOC members to warn them what a disaster COE would be if he were elected as the next IOC President. Among the criticisms are that COE is “arrogant” and “someone who doesn’t listen” – which sound like a pretty accurate description of BACH himself. Under BACH, being an IOC member has largely become a symbolic position with all the major decisions, including which cities will host the Olympic Games, taken by a small coterie handpicked by him. COE has promised to “free up the voices of the [IOC] membership”. “There’s no shortage of talent [among the membership],” he said. “But the question I ask myself as a member is – what input do I and other members have? And the reality of it is, there isn’t enough. There’s too much power in the hands of too few people.”

COE has wisely avoided getting involved publicly in the dispute with BACH and concentrated instead on making sure his message travels everywhere. He has been determined to stick to his guiding principle that “if you get it right for the athletes, you’re going to get 80 per cent of it right” and his belief that his sometimes contrarian ways will not necessarily be a dealbreaker for him in the election.

“A lot of the criticism I’ve gotten from people in the sporting world, which I found a little depressing, was the assumption that good politics is about basically playing safe and … not leaving the herd and sometimes taking risks,” COE said. “And bad politics is doing just that. “You just have to accept that not everyone’s going to see the world in the same way. Your job is to try to persuade them that that’s a direction you’d like them to come. You then put structures in place where they see the benefits of what we’re trying to achieve.” A clear example of this is COE’S insistence on bringing clarity to the issue of eligibility for transgender athletes and those born with differences of sexual development, known as DSD, which has been criticised within international sport but earned widespread praise among the majority of the public. COE has even been happy to align himself with United States President DONALD TRUMP on the issue as he believes it is a move to “protect the integrity of women’s sport”.

In his manifesto, COE has vowed to “protect and promote the integrity of women’s sport” because it is “at a critical juncture”. He added: “I will advocate for clear, science-based policies that safeguard the female category. We will work closely with world-leading medical and educational institutions to increase research into female health, performance and exercise physiology. We must navigate this with sensitivity and resolve to ensure current and future generations of women choose sport.” COE’S decision to break ranks with other Olympic sports and unilaterally pay bonuses to gold medallists in athletics at Paris 2024 also upset many inside the IOC, but he is unapologetic. “We made the judgement about prize money because we felt it was in the best interest of our sport,” COE said. “In hindsight, I should have done it differently, and I am ready to hold my hands up. I did apologise [to other Olympic sports federations]. Not about the prize money … but in hindsight I would have done it a different way.” COE claimed he has always been prepared to put his principles before anything else, something he attributes to his strong family upbringing. “I’d rather face the wrath of MARGARET THATCHER than the wrath of my mother sitting around the dining room table saying to me ‘Are you demented?’ I have always tended to stand my ground on things I truly believe in.” In fact, COE did once face the wrath of the Iron Lady. The cold war was at its height when THATCHER was elected Prime Minister and US President JIMMY CARTER called for a boycott of Moscow 1980 after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and she supported him. COE announced that he intended to compete in Moscow. It was a brave act of defiance from someone who, even then, harboured ambitions to become a Conservative MP. “It did cross my mind not to go,” he admitted. “As history has shown, I think I was right and they got it wrong.” That trip to Moscow was the beginning of COE’S long Olympic journey, one which has scaled the highest of highs but is not over yet. A final push towards more history beckons. As generations of athletes, sports officials, politicians and clowns have found out, you write SEBASTIAN NEWBOLD COE off at your peril. Even Krusty will probably have a little chuckle to himself if COE becomes the most powerful man in world sport.

ATHLETICS WEEKLY 1969 TO 1987 – RICHARD SAMUEL wishes to dispose of his collection of Athletics Weekly’s, which ranges from mid 1969 to mid 1987. Most years are complete but there are a few gaps. Mostly the condition is good but a few are a bit dog eared. RICHARD suggests a donation to club funds by anyone interested and they would have be collected.
Anyone interested please contact RICHARD by email at Richard.samuel1@btinternet.com

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the February issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics February 2025 Throws Community Newsletter

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card will be issued in Mid March 2025. You can see all dates/venues for all leagues SBH participate in, and other major fixtures. These can be found folowing ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ above, and is titles ‘A look ahead to the Summer’.
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s points tables, following the National Championships at Parliament Hill on 22 February –Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25     Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s Club Championship winners, following the 25 January Southern Championships – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2024-2025 Updated 25-01-25

STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025  The entrance fee on the membership form, cover the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER,  KAREN HARRISON,  TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport.  The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice.  The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme.  All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £37 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH MIDWEEK POLE VAULT CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Winter 2024-2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 02-09-24

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

STONEX STADIUM AWARDED TRACKMARK STANDARD – Congratulations on achieving the UK Athletics Quality Assurance Standards for StoneX Stadium. This is the letter from UK Athletics and certificate showing all area that achieved compliance – StoneX Stadium Award Letter 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Happy Birthday from Thursday 6 March to Wednesday 11 March – Angus Brown, Ashwin Fowkes-Gajan, Larissa Giles, Miguel Gonzalez, Genny Howat, Eva Higson, Ebenezer Joseph, Cameron Knight, Glen Quayle, Onaope Sogbesan, Georgina Warmate and Lucas Xie

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the February issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics February 2025 Throws Community Newsletter

ATHLETICS WEEKLY 1969 TO 1987 – RICHARD SAMUEL wishes to dispose of his collection of Athletics Weekly’s, which ranges from mid 1969 to mid 1987. Most years are complete but there are a few gaps. Mostly the condition is good but a few are a bit dog eared. RICHARD suggests a donation to club funds by anyone interested and they would have be collected.
Anyone interested please contact RICHARD by email at Richard.samuel1@btinternet.com

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the recent 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2024 is £19. The current total is £104 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – Took place at Brent Country Park on 1 March
Apologies but the results are still not published

EESA ENGLISH SCHOOLS CUP FINAL – Took place at Leeds on 1 March
Under 20 Men 5230m – RAFI GAYER U20 (Hertfordshire Schools) 6th (16.13), JORDAN PEARLMAN U20 (Hertfordshire Schools)45th (17.09), PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS U20 (Hertfordshire Schools)109th (18.34) the winner was Owen Smith of Hampshire Schools (15.25) 146 runners finished
Under 20 Women 3230m – ZULEIKHA COLLINS U20 (Middlesex Schools) 24th (12.09), AKHALIA COLLINS U20 (Middlesex Schools) 48th (12.35) the winner was Katie Pye of Surrey Schools (10.44) 131 runners finished
Under 15 Boys 4090m – No SBH runners, the winner was Finn Maclennan of Cambridgeshire Schools (12.35) 158 runners finished
Under 15 Girls 2880m – No SBH runners, the winner was Kitty Scott of Surrey Schools (10.41) 129 runners finished
Under 13 Boys 2440m – No SBH runners, the winner was Dexter Marshall of Suffolk Schools (7.46) 163 runners finished
Under 13 Girls 2440m – ABIGAIL ROSS U13 (Middlesex Schools) 97th (9.42) the winner was Jessica Thake of South Yorkshire Schools (8.11) 153 runners finished
There are no team results available as yet

VAULT CARDIFF – Took place at Cardiff on 1-2 March
Pole Vault – SX F GENNY HOWAT 3rd (PB 3.44mi) adding 3cm to her 2024 height

UK WINTER LONG THROWS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Loughborough on 1-2 March
Discus 1kg – U18W ELKIE BAKER U17 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 31.56m) and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2025
Hammer 3kg – U18W KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 2nd (SB 48.89m) and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2025
Hammer 4kg – U15B MILO RYNEHART U17 4th (SB 46.44m)
Javelin 700g – U18M DANIEL DUBRAS U20 1st (PB 61.38m)
Javelin 800g – SM DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 2nd (SB 72.11m) and is ranked UK No.2 in 2025

ESSEX AND EASTERN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 1-2 March
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 won the Silver Medal (3.20mi)
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 won the Gold Medal (SB 4.00mi) adding 15cm to his 25 January height, and is ranked UK No.7 U17 in 2025, WILLIAM SYLVESTER U17 won the Silver Medal (3.40mi)

WIC Q JAMAICA – Took place at Spanish Town, Jamaica on 1 March
60m Hurdles – SW PARIS KING U23 3rd (SB 8.56 w1.6) and is ranked UK No.9 U23 in 2025

RUNNING 2 TIME BRUNDEL INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Uxbridge on 26 February
60m – SX A11 DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 4th (8.77i), B12 DAMI finished 3rd (8.84i)

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lubbock, Texas, USA on 28 February – 1 March
1000m – SM H1 HENRY DOVER U23 (Oklahoma State University) 6th (PB 2:26.42i) taking .78 of a second off his 17 January time, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2025
3000m – SM 1 HENRY DOVER U23 (Oklahoma State University) 5th (8:09.85i)

BIG 10 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on 28 February – 1 March
Heptathlon – SM JAMI SCHLUETER (University of Washington) 2nd (5561 points) 60m (7.01i), 1000m (2:59.41i), 60m Hurdles (SB 8.14i), High Jump (PB 1.94mi) equalling his 31 January height, Pole Vault (PB 4.65mi) equalling his 1 February height, Long Jump (7.08mi), Shot 7.26kg (13.20mi)

A SUN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Louisville, Kentucky, USA on 27-28 February
Mile – SM 1 KRISTIAN IMROTH (Eastern Kentucky University) 1st (4:09.69i), in the next race KRISTIAN finished 1st ({PB 4:04.32i) taking 1.23 seconds off his 2024 time
3000m – SM 3 KRISTIAN IMROTH (Eastern Kentucky University) 7th (8:16.44i)

SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at College Station, Texas, USA on 27 February – 1 March
400m – SM 7 JADEN SMITH U23 (Arkansas University) 2nd (46.59i)

FRIDAY NIGHT 5K UNDER THE LIGHTS – Took place at Battersea Park on 27 February
5K – B JACK PARSLOW V35 (2nd Claim) (SB 15.18)

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,256 events – 242,134 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 10,761 first timers – 32,840 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 1 March
PAUL LEWIS V50 6th (23.06) this was his 248th Parkrun, SCARLETT KENT U23 7th (23.19) this was her 82nd Parkrun, JO KENT V55 8th (23.19) this was her 159th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Ally Pally on 1 March
JAMES DAVIS U23 139th (27.47) this was his 80th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Battersea on 1 March
CALEB HILTON U15 28th (16.35) this was his 22nd Parkrun, JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 33rd (16.48) this was his 10th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Felixstowe on 1 March
ROSS HAMMOND U20 19th (19.10) this was his 73rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Greenpoint on 1 March
ETHAN SLUTZKIN U11 25th (PB 21.49) this was his 120th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gunpowder on 1 March
AIMEE PORTER U15 31st (21.44) this was her 10th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 1 March
TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE  U20 2nd (17.22) this was his 55th Parkrun, EUAN PHILLIPS U17 3rd (PB 17.30) this was his 48th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 41st (21.26) this was his 312th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 124th (24.44) this was his 459th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 1 March
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 205th (58.27) this was his 337th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Princes, Liverpool on 1 March
DYLAN MICHEL U23 2nd (PB 17.56) this was his 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 1 March
HARRISON HENDERSON U13 7th (18.57) this was his 1st Parkrun, ERIN GIBLIN U17 40th (23.21) this was her 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 1 March
MATTHEW MAY U17 5th (PB 17.22) this was his 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 1 March
DINA SILVERMAN U17 7th (21.39) this was her 4th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 6 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL – The SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 8 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15 AND U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 8 March and Sunday 9 March.
Entries Closed

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 15 March and Sunday 16 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Entries Closed

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 March at West Sussex.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Alachua, Florida, USA from Saturday 15 March to Friday 21 March.
Entries Closed

WORLD SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Glasgow from Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March
Note: You will be selected following the UK trials

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 1 – Takes place on Sunday 23 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Link to the online entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-throwsfest-1/
Entries Closing Date Thursday 20 March, No Entries On The Day
Note: Events may be full before the Closing Date, Therefore Please Enter As Soon As Possible

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 2 – Takes place on Saturday 29 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Link to the online entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-throwsfest-2/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 26 March, No Entries On The Day
Note: Events may be full before the Closing Date, Therefore Please Enter As Soon As Possible

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5K AND U13 3K ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 30 March at Milton Keynes.Bucks (MK14 6BN)/strong>
Start times – 11.00am U15/U17 5K, 12.00pm Men 6 Stages of 4.8K and 6 Stages of 7.2K, Women 4 Stages of 4.8K and 2 Stages of 7.2K
Entries Closing Date Monday 17 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

LEE VALLEY MINITHON INDOOR FIXTURES – Is for School years 3 to 7, in which you compete in 3 events from the following – 60m, 200m, 600, 60m Hurdles, High Jump (Year 6 and 7 only), Long Jump, Shot Put and Javelin (Year 6 and 7 only).
The final fixture is on Saturday 22 March.
Link to information guide on the Minithon – Information Guide For Lee Valley Minithon
To enter please use this link – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/kids-activities#%20
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

A LOOK AHEAD TO THE SUMMER – The summer fixtures have now been finalised and published, this being the case these are the Fixtures/Venues for the various leagues that Shaftesbury compete in. I anticipate issuing the Fixture card towards the end of March.

Eastern Young Athletes League for U13, U15 and U17 age-groups – Sunday 13 April at Cambridge, Sunday 18 May at Watford, Sunday 15 June at Stevenage, Sunday 27 July at StoneX Stadium, the EYAL Finals take place on 7 September, venue to be confirmed.
Middlesex Young Athletes League for U11, U13, U15 and U17 age-groups – Saturday 3 May at Perivale, Sunday 2 June at Finsbury Park, Sunday 15 June at Stevenage, Saturday 28 June at Harrow, Sunday 20 July at Parliament Hill.
UK Youth Development League for U17 and U20 age-groups – Sunday 27 April at Bromley, Sunday 25 May at Eton, Sunday 6 July at StoneX Stadium, the National Finals take place on 7 September, venue to be confirmed.
National Athletics League for U20 and Senior age-groups (Under 17s can compete as rule 42) – Saturday 31 May at Eton, Saturday 5 July at Derby, Saturday 16 August at Birmingham.

This summer Shaftesbury will be promoting 5 fixtures at StoneX Stadium, the following dates and details are still provisional, and will be finalised within the next 4/6 weeks.
Saturday 21 June SBH Track and Field Open Meeting, Sunday 13 July SBH Jumps Open Meeting, Saturday 9 August SBH Showcase Open Meeting, Monday 25 August SBH Club Championships and Open Meeting, Sunday 13 September SBH Autumn Throwsfest.
These are the main 4 major fixtures – 17-20 July European U23 Championships at Bergen, Norway, 2-3 August UK Championships at Birmingham, 7-10 August European U20 Championships at Tampere, Finland, 13-21 July World Championships at Tokyo, Japan.

2025 EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS FORM GUIDE – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Here are the best performances this year by athletes expected to compete in Apeldoorn from March 6-9. On the eve of the European Indoor Championships, here are some statistics to help set the scene. They include record-holders and reigning champions, plus 2025 rankings with members of the British team in bold. Stats courtesy of Track & Field Tours. (A = high altitude  + = en route time; WL = World lead)

MEN
60 METRES – World rec: 6.34A Christian Coleman USA 18 – Eur & UK rec: 6.42 Dwain Chambers GBR 09 – CBP: 6.42 Dwain Chambers GBR 09 (SF) – Holder: 6.48 Samuele Ceccarelli ITA
UK medallists: (gold) Barrie Kelly 66, Mike McFarlane 85, Linford Christie 88 & 90, Jason Livingston 92, Colin Jackson 94, Jason Gardener 00, 02, 05 & 07, Chambers 09, Richard Kilty 15 & 17; (silver) Bob Frith 68 (50m), Jason John 96, Gardener 98, Mark Lewis-Francis 02, Craig Pickering 07, Chambers 11, James Dasaolu 13; (bronze) Frith 69 (50m), Mike Rosswess 89, 92 & 94
2025 rankings – 6.54 Henrik Larsson SWE, 6.54 Abel Jordan ESP, 6.56 Joshua Hartmann GER, 6.56 Romell Glave GBR, 6.56 Robin Ganter GER, 6.56 Jeremiah Azu GBR, 6.57 Kevin Kranz GER, 6.58 Allan Lagui FRA, 6.60 Guillem Crespi ESP, 6.60 John Otugade GBR, 6.60 Yannick Wolf GER, 6.60 Ertan Ozkan TUR

 400 METRES – WR: 44.57 Kerron Clement USA 05 (Chris Williams CAN 44.49 24 not ratified) – ER: 45.05 Thomas Schönlebe GDR 88 – UKR: 45.39 Jamie Baulch 97 – CBP: 45.05 Karsten Warholm NOR 19 CBP: 45.05 Karsten Warholm NOR –Holder: 45.35 Karsten Warholm NOR
UK medallists: (gold) Todd Bennett 85 & 87, Du’aine Ladejo 94 & 96; (silver) Ainsley Bennett 83, Brian Whittle 88 & 89, Nigel Levine 13; (bronze) Paul Harmsworth 87, David Grindley 92, Robert Tobin 07, Richard Buck 11
2025 rankings – 45.08 Attila Molnar HUN, 45.74 Inaki Canal ESP, 45.81 Maks Szwed POL, 45.85 Matej Krsek CZE, 45.90 Jonas Pjijffers NED, 45.93 Eugene Omalla NED, 45.96 Isaya Klein IkkinkNED, 46.03 Jimy Soudril FRA, 46.15 Luca Sito ITA, 46.18 Yann Spillmann FRA, 46.19 Patrik Enyingi HUN, 46.45 Alex Haydock-Wilson GBR, 46.72 Efe Okoro GBR

800 METRES – WR & ER: 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer DEN 97 – UKR: 1:43.63 Elliot Giles 21 – CBP: 1:44.78 Pawel Czapiewski POL 02 – CBP: 1:44.78 Pawel Czapiewski POL 02 – Holder: 1:47.34 Adrian Ben ESP
UK medallists: (gold) Seb Coe 77, Rob Harrison 85, David Sharpe 88, Steve Heard 89, Tom McKean 90;  (silver) Phil Lewis 71, Peter Elliott 83; Jamie Webb 19; (bronze) Phil Norgate 84, Mukhtar Mohammed 13, Webb 21
2025 rankings – 1:44.65 Elvin Josue Canales ESP, 1:44.69 Eliott Crestan BEL, 1:45.15 Mark English IRL, 1:45.33 Cian McPhillips IRL, 1:45.35 Catalin Tecuceanu ITA, 1:45.46 Samuel Chapple NED, 1:45.47 Maciej Wyderka POL, 1:45.75 Bartosz Kitlinski POL, 1:45.78 Justin Davies GBR, 1:45.80 Yanis Meziane FRA, 1:45.84 Alvaro de Arriba ESP, 1:45.96 Mariano Garcia ESP, 1:46.08 Louey Ouerrat FRA, 1:46.11 Ryan Clarke NED  Other UK, 1:46.56 Thomas Randolph GBR, 1:46.69 Jack Higgins GBR

1500 METRES – WR/ER: 3:29.63 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 25 – UKR: 3:32.48 Neil Gourley 23 – CBP/Holder: 3:33.95 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR – CBP/Holder: 3:33.95 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR
UK medallists: (gold) John Whetton 66, 67 & 68, Matt Yates 92, David Strang 94; (silver) Anthony Whiteman 96; Neil Gourley 23; (bronze) Walter Wilkinson 69, John Robson 79, Tony Morrell 90, Michael East 02, Chris O’Hare 15
2025 rankings – 3:29.63 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR+, 3:32.24+ Azeddine Habz FRA, 3:32.59 Isaac Nader POR, 3:33.14+ Robert Farken GER, 3:33.18+ Neil Gourley GBR, 3:34.49 Ruben Verheyden BEL, 3:35.12 Thomas Keene GBR, 3:35.43 Elliot Giles GBR, 3:35.62 Samuel Pihlstrom SWE, 3:36.08+ Jochem Vermeulen BEL, 3:36.24 Mohamed Attaoui ESP, 3:36.25 Louis Gilavert FRA, 3:36.28 Mahadi Abdi Ali NED

3000 METRES – WR: 7:22.91 Grant Fisher USA 25 – ER: 7:24.68 Mohamed Katir ESP 23 – UKR: 7:27.92 George Mills 25 – CBP: 7:40.17 Mo Farah GBR 09 – Holder: 7:40.32 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR
UK medallists: (gold) Ian Stewart 69 & 75, Ricky Wilde 70, Peter Stewart 71, John Mayock 98, Farah 09 & 11; (silver) Mayock 92 & 05, Lee Emanuel 15; Chris O’Hare 19; (bronze) Ray Smedley 76, Rod Finch 94, Mayock 00 & 02
2025 rankings – 7:27.92 George Mills GBR, 7:29.49 Niels Laros NED, 7:30.75 Andrew Coscoran IRL, 7:31.50 Azeddine Habz FRA, 7:36.38 Andreas Almgren SWE, 7:37.05 John Heymans BEL, 7:37.10 Stefan Nillessen NED, 7:37.13 James West GBR, 7:38.06 Sam Parsons GER, 7:38.20 Mike Foppen NED, 7:39.01 Florian Bremm GER, 7:39.05 Narve Gilje Nordas NED, 7:39.77 Bastien Augusto FRA, 7:39.90 Ruben Verheyden BEL, 7:39.97 Filip Ingebrigtsen NED

60 METRES HURDLES – WR: 7.27 Grant Holloway USA – ER & UKR: 7.30 Colin Jackson GBR 94 – CBP: 7.39 Jackson GBR 94 (SF) – Holder: 7.41 Jason Joseph SUI
UK medallists: (gold) Alan Pascoe 69 (50m), Jackson 89, 94 & 02, Andy Pozzi 17; (silver) Mike Parker 66, Berwyn Price 76, Jackson 87, Jon Ridgeon 88, Tony Jarrett 90 & 00; Pozzi 21; (bronze) Nigel Walker 87
2025 rankings – 7.39 Jakub Szymanski POL, 7.45 Jason Joseph SUI, 7.46 Wilhem Belocian FRA, 7.48 Enrique Llopis ESP, 7.50 Damian Czykier POL, 7.51 Elle Bacari BEL, 7.52 Just Kwaou-Mathey FRA, 7.53 Abel Jordan ESP, 7.53 Asier Martinez ESP, 7.56 Manuel Mordi GER, 7.57 Krzysztof Kiljan POL

HIGH JUMP – WR: 2.43 Javier Sotomayor CUB 89 – ER: 2.42 Carlo Thränhardt FRG 88 – UKR: 2.38 Steve Smith 94 – CBP: 2.40 Stefan Holm SWE 05 – Holder: 2.31 Douwe Amels NED
UK medallists: (gold) Dalton Grant 94; (silver) Grant 89, Robbie Grabarz 17; (bronze) Geoff Parsons 86, Martyn Bernard 07
2025 rankings – 2.32 Oleh Doroshchuk UKR, 2.31 Jonathan Kapitolnik ISR (outdoor), 2.30 Jan Stefela CZE, 2.28 Matteo Sioli ITA, 2.27 Dmytro Nikitin UKR, 2.26 Manuel Lando ITA, 2.25 Tihomir Ivanov BUL, 2.24 Thomas Carmoy BEL, 2.24 Tobias Potye GER, 2.22 Vadym Kravchuk UKR

POLE VAULT – WR & ER: 6.27 Mondo Duplantis SWE 25 – UKR: 5.83 Luke Cutts 14 – CBP: 6.05 Mondo Duplantis SWE 21 – Holder: 5.80 Sondre Guttormsen NOR
UK medallists: none
2025 rankings – 6.02 Emmanouil Karalis GRE, 5.91 Thibaut Collet FRA, 5.91 Renaud Lavillenie FRA, 5.91 Baptiste Thiery FRA, 5.90 Ersu Sasma TUR, 5.85 Sondre Guttormsen NOR, 5.83 Menno Vloon NED, 5.82 Valters Kreiss LAT, 5.80 Torben Blech GER, 5.80 Ben Broeders BEL, 5.72 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre GER, 5.70 Piotr Lisek POL

LONG JUMP – WR: 8.79 Carl Lewis USA 84 – ER/CBP: 8.71 Sebastian Bayer GER 09 – UKR: 8.26A Greg Rutherford 16 – Holder: 8.30 Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE
UK medallists: (gold) Lynn Davies 67; (silver) Davies 69
2025 rankings – 8.37 Mattia Furlani ITA, 8.23 Thobias Montler SWE, 8.19 Bozhidar Saraboyukov BUL, 8.14 Jaime Guerra ESP, 8.11 Gerson Balde POR, 8.05 Simon Batz GER, 8.05 Miltiádis Tentóglou GRE, 7.94 Radek Juska CZE, 7.93 Kalle Salminen FIN, 7.92 Danylo Dubyna UKR

TRIPLE JUMP – WR: 18.07 Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR 21 – ER & CBP: 17.92 Teddy Tamgho FRA 11 – UKR: 17.75 Phillips Idowu 08 – Holder: 17.60 Pedro Pichardo POR
UK medallists: (gold) Jonathan Edwards 98, Idowu 07; (silver) Keith Connor 78, Francis Agyepong 96, Nathan Douglas 07; (bronze) Aston Moore 81
2025 rankings – 17.41 Max Hess GER, 17.36 Andrea Dallavalle ITA, 17.31 Andy Diaz Hernandez ITA, 17.05 Melvin Raffin FRA, 16.83 Thomas Gogois FRA, 16.67 Simone Biasutti ITA, 16.54 Rustam Mammadov AZE, 16.50 Can Ozupek TUR, 16.44 Tiago Pereira POR, 16.43 Vladyslav Shepeliev UKR, 15.96 Efe Uwaifo GBR

SHOT – WR: 22.82 Ryan Crouser USA 21 – ER: 22.55 Ulf Timmermann GDR 89 – UKR: 21.49 Carl Myerscough 03 – CBP: 22.19 Timmermann GDR 88 – Holder: 22.06 Zane Weir ITA
UK medallists: (gold) Geoff Capes 74 & 76; (silver) Capes 75, 77 & 79; (bronze) Capes 78
2025 rankings – 21.95 Leonardo Fabbri ITA, 21.76 Zane Weir ITA, 21.49 Wictor Petersson SWE, 21.32 Konrad Bukowiecki POL, 21.21 Andrei Toader ITA, 21.18, Tomas Stanek CZE, 20.86 Scott Lincoln GBR, 20.67 Nick Ponzio ITA, 20.56 Armin Sinancevic SRB, 20.37 Eric Maihofer GER, 20.22 Jesper Arbinge SWE

HEPTATHLON – WR: 6645 Ashton Eaton USA 12 – ER: 6484 Sander Aae Skotheim NOR 25 – UKR: 6118 Tim Duckworth 18 – CBP: 6424 Tomas Dvorak CZE 00 – Holder: 6348 Kevin Mayer FRA
UK medallists: (silver); Tim Duckworth 19
2025 rankings – 6484 Sander Aae Skotheim NOR, 6255 Till Steinforth GER, 6205 Simon Ehammer SUI, 6199 Luc Brewin FRA, 6028 Jente Hauttekeete BEL, 6026 Teo Bastien FRA, 5996 Vilem Strasky CZE, 5940 Rasmus Roosleht EST, 5897 Tim Nowak GER

4 x 400 METRES RELAY – WR 3:01.51 Houston (USA) 19 – ER: 3:01.77 Poland 18 –
UKR: 3:03.20 in 99 – CBP: 3:02.87 Belgium 15 – Holder: 3:05.83 Belgium
UK medallists: (gold) 07, 13; (silver) 05, 09, 11; Bronze 21
Invited teams (with 2024 outdoor best) – 2:55.83 Gt Britain & NI, 2:57.75 Belgium, 2:59.53 France, 3:00.29 Germany, 3:01.44 Spain, 3:03.00 Czech Republic

Mixed 4×400 METRES  – New Event
Invited teams (with 2024 outdoor best) – 3:07.73 Netherlands, 3:08.01 Gt Britain & NI, 3:09.36 Belgium, 3:09.92 Ireland, 3:14.24 Czech Republic, 3:15.11 Spain

WOMEN
60 METRES – WR & ER: 6.92 Irina Privalova RUS 93 & 95 – UKR: 7.03 Dina Asher-Smith 23 – CBP: 7.00 Nellie Cooman NED 86 – CBP/Holder: 7.00 Mujinga Kambundji SUI
UK medallists: (gold) Andrea Lynch 75, Bev Kinch 84, Philip 17; (silver) Lynch 74, Sonia Lannaman 76, Dina Asher-Smith 15; (bronze) Mary Rand 66, Madeleine Cobb 69 (50m), Wendy Hoyte 82, Heather Oakes 85, Philip 19; Daryll Neita 23
2025 rankings – 7.03 Mujinga Kambundji SUI, 7.05 Zaynab Dosso ITA, 7.07 Patrizia van der Weken LUX, 7.09 Ewa Swoboda POL, 7.13 Alexandra Burghardt GER, 7.15 Maria Isabel Perez ESP, 7.16 Geraldine Frey SUI, 7.16 Bianca Williams GBR, 7.17 Delphine Nkansa BEL, 7.17 Karolina Manasova CZE, 7.17 Lorene Dorcas Bazalo POR, 7.18 Jael Bestue ESP, 7.18 Emma Van Camp SUI, 7.18 Amy Hunt GBR, 7.19 Joy Eze GBR

400 METRES – WR & ER & CBP: 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvilová TCH 82 – UKR: 50.02 Nicola Sanders 07 – Holder: 49.85 Femke Bol NED
UK medallists: (gold) Marilyn Neufville 70, Verona Elder 73, 75 & 79, Sally Gunnell 89, Sanders 07, Perri Shakes-Drayton 13; (silver) Elder 77, Eilidh Child 13; (bronze) Rosemary Stirling 69, Elder 81, Seren Bundy-Davies 15, Jodie Williams 21
2025 rankings – 50.44 Henriette Jaeger NOR, 50.57 Amber Anning GBR, 50.76 Lieke Klaver NED, 51.15 Lurdes-Gloria Manuel CZE, 51.20 Paula Sevilla ESP, 51.36 Justyna Swiety-Ersetic POL, 51.44 Blanca Hervas ESP, 51.46 Eva Santidrian ESP, 51.47 Lada Vondrova CZE, 51.56 Cathelijn Peeters NED, 51.64 Daniela Fra ESP, 51.69 Sharlene Mawdsley IRL 51.75 Alice Mangione ITA, 52.10 Ami Pipi GBR, 52.66 Poppy Malik GBR

800 METRES – WR & ER & CBP: 1:55.82 Jolanda Ceplak SLO 02 – UKR: 1:57.18 Keely Hodgkinson 23 – Holder: 1:58.66 Hodgkinson GBR
UK medallists: (gold) Jane Colebrook 77, Meadows 11; Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 19; Keely Hodgkinson 21/23; (silver) Oskan-Clarke 17; (bronze) Rosemary Stirling 71, Liz Barnes 80, Lorraine Baker 90, Marilyn Okoro 13
2025 rankings – 2:00.34 Audrey Werro SUI, 2:00.35 Anita Horvat SLO, 2:00.38 Anna Wielgosz POL, 2:00.53 Majtie Kolberg GER, 2:00.76 Angelika Sarna POL, 2:00.97 Gabija Galvydytwe LTU, 2:01.20 Lorea Ibarzabal ESP, 2:01.22 Lena Kandissounon FRA, 2:01.25 Lore Hoffmann SUI, 2:01.27 Wilma Nielsen SWE, 2:01.46 Clara Liberman FRA, 2:01.53 Aleksandra Formella POL, 2:01.55 Evaliina Maattanen FIN, 2:01.55 Gabriela Gajanova SVK

1500 METRES – WR: 3:53.09 Gudaf Tsegay ETH 21 – ER: 3:57.91 Abeba Aregawi SWE 14 – UKR: 3:59.58 Laura Muir 21 – CBP: 4:02.39 Laura Muir GBR 17 – Holder: 4:03.40 Laura Muir GBR
UK medallists: (gold) Margaret Beacham 71, Mary Stewart 77,  Muir 17, 19, 23 (silver) Holly Archer 21
2025 rankings – 4:00.63 Georgia Hunter Bell GBR, 4:01.62 Sarah Healy IRL, 4:03.59 Marta Zenoni ITA, 4:03.72 Weronoka Lizakowska POL, 4:05.02 Patricia Silva POR, 4:05.04 Salome Afonso POR, 4:05.31 Revee Walcott-Nolan GBR, 4:05.53 Agathe Guillemot FRA, 4:06.31 Esther Guerrero ESP, 4:06.58 Berenice Cleyet-Merle FRA, 4:07.13 Elise Vanderelst BEL

3000 METRES – WR: 8:16.60 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 14 – ER & UKR: 8:26.41 Laura Muir 17 – CBP: 8:30.61 Laura Muir GBR 19 – Holder: 8:35.87 Hannah Klein GER
UK medallists: (gold) Yvonne Murray 87, Helen Clitheroe 11, Muir 17/19; Markovc 21; (silver) Murray 86, Nicky Morris 89; (bronze) Paula Fudge 82, Murray 85, Wendy Sly 88, Eilish McColgan 17, Melissa Courtney-Bryant 19/23; Ockenden 21
2025 rankings – 8:28.69 Melissa Courtney-Bryant GBR, 8:30.79 Sarah Healy IRL, 8:33.47 Maureen Koster NED, 8:39.25 Salome Afonso POR, 8:40.01 Hannah Nuttall GBR, 8:40.05 Innes FitzGerald GBR, 8:40.96 Lea Meyer GER, 8:41.56 Marta Garcia ESP, 8:41.75 Agueda Marques  ESP, 8:47.12 Ludovica Cavalli ITA, 8:47.74 Lisa Rooms BEL, 8:48.00 Weronika Lizakowska POL

60 METRES HURDLES – WR: 7.65 Devynne Charlton BAH 24 – ER: 7.68 Susanna Kallur SWE 08 – UKR: 7.80 Tiffany Porter 11 – CBP: 7.74 Lyudmila Narozhilenko URS 90 – Holder: 7.79 Reetta Hurske FIN
UK medallists: (silver) Porter 11, Lucy Hatton 15; Sember 21; (bronze) Chris Perera 69 (50mH), Diane Allahgreen 98, Serita Solomon 15, Porter 21
2025 rankings – 7.76 Laeticia Bapte FRA, 7.80 Ditaji Kambundji SUI, 7.82 Nadine Visser NED, 7.87 Pia Skrzyazowska POL, 7.92 Marlene Meier GER, 7.95 Anna Toth HUN, 7.96 Rosina Schneider GER, 7.97 Sarah Lavin IRL, 7.97 Luca Kozak HUN, 7.98 Ida Beiter Bomme DEN, 7.99 Sacha Alessandrini FRA

HIGH JUMP – WR & ER: 2.08 Kajsa Bergqvist SWE 06 – UKR: 1.99 Morgan Lake 23 – CBP: 2.05 Tia Hellebaut BEL 07 – Holder: 1.98 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR
UK medallists: (silver) Linda Knowles 67; (bronze) Mary Rand 66
2025 rankings – 2.01 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR, 1.96 Angelina Topic SRB, 1.95 Christina Honsel GER, 1.94 Morgan Lake GBR, 1.93 Imke Onnen GER, 1.93 Kateryna Tabashnyk UKR, 1.93 Lilianna Batori HUN, 1.91 Idea Pieroni ITA, 1.89 Michaela Hruba CZE

POLE VAULT – WR: 5.03 Jenn Suhr USA 16 – ER: 5.01 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 12 – UKR: 4.87 Holly Bradshaw 12 – CBP: 4.90 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 05 – Holder: 4.80 Wilma Murto FIN
UK medallists: (gold) Bradshaw 13; (silver) Bradshaw 19; (bronze); Bradshaw 21
2025 rankings – 4.76 Angelica Moser SUI, 4.71 Marie-Julie Bonnin FRA, 4.70 Tina Sutej SLO, 4.70 Roberta Bruni ITA, 4.65 Amalie Svabikova CZE, 4.60 Elisa Molinarolo ITA, 4.60 Elina Lampela FIN, 4.56 Elien Vekemans BEL, 4.55 Kitty Faye NOR

LONG JUMP – WR & ER: 7.37 Heike Drechsler GDR 88 – UKR/Holder: 7.00 Jazmin Sawyers GBR 03 – CBP: 7.30 Heike Drechsler GDR 88
UK medallists: (gold) Sue Hearnshaw 84; Jazmin Sawyers 23; (silver) Mary Rand 66, Sue Reeve 69, Ugen 17; (bronze) Reeve 78
2025 rankings – 7.07 Malaika Mihambo GER, 6.86 Larissa Iapichino ITA, 6.79 Mikaelle Assani GER, 6.77 Annik Kalin SUI, 6.71 Anna Matuszewicz POL, 6.70 Pauline Hondema NED, 6.70 Plamena Mitkova BUL, 6.62 Irati Mitxelena ESP, 6.60 Milica Gardasevic SRB, 6.59 Fatima Diame ESP, 6.59 Alice Hopkins GBR

TRIPLE JUMP – WR: 15.74 Yulimar Rojas VEN 22 – ER: 15.36 Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 04 – UKR & CBP: 15.16 Ashia Hansen GBR 98 – Holder: 14.31 Tugba Danismaz TUR
UK medallists: (gold) Hansen 98; (silver) Hansen 02
2025 rankings – 14.33 Ana Peleteiro-Campaore ESP, 14.07 Senni Salminen FIN, 14.06 Maja Askag SWE, 14.06 Diana Ion ROU, 14.05 Neja Filipic SLO, 14.04 Jessie Maduka GER, 13.98 Ilionis Guillaume FRA, 13.96 Mariya Siney UKR, 13.87 Kira Wittmann GER, 13.80 Dovile Kilty LTU

SHOT – WR & ER: 22.50 Helena Fibingerová TCH 77 – UKR: 19.06 Venissa Head 84 – CBP: 21.46 Helena Fibingerova TCH 77 – Holder: 19.76 Auriol Dongmo POR
UK medallists: (bronze) Judy Oakes 79
2025 rankings – 20.27 Yemisi Ogunleye GER, 20.19 Jessica Schilder NED, 19.18 Jessica Inchude POR, 19.10 Katharina Maisch GER, 19.00 Auriol Dongmo POR, 18.89 Jorinde van Klinken NED, 18.82 Fanny Roos  SWE, 18.36 Alina Kenzel GER, 18.29 Eliana Bandeira POR, 18.08  Sara Kennman SWE

PENTATHLON – WR & ER & CBP & Holder: 5055 Nafissatou Thiam BEL 23 – UKR: 5000 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 15
UK medallists: (gold) Johnson-Thompson 15 & 19; (silver) Kelly Sotherton 05 & 07, Niamh Emerson 19
2025 rankings – 4843 Saga Vanninen FIN, 4683 Kate O’Connor IRL, 4615 Paulina Ligarska POL 4498 Sveva Gerevini ITA, 4471 Celia Perron FRA, 4455 Sandrina Sprengel GER, 4365 Marijke Esselink NED

4 x 400 METRES RELAY – WR & ER: 3:23.37 Russia 06 – UKR: 3:26.36 in 24 – CBP/holder: 3:25.66 Netherlands 23
UK medallists: (gold) 13; (silver) 09, 11, 15,17 & 19; (bronze) 05 & 07
Invited teams (with 2024 outdoor best) – 3:19.50 Netherlands, 3:19.72 Gt Britain & NI, 3:19.90 Ireland, 3:21.41 France, 3:25.25 Spain, 3:27.76 Czech Republic

British prospects in Apeldoorn – After three successive European medal hauls in two figures in 2017, 2019 and 2021, it dropped to six in 2023 although there were three gold medals.

Injury prevents all three champions (KEELY HODGKINSON, LAURA MUIR and JAZMIN SAWYERS) returning but Britain still has a strong team even if injuries have kept a few others away too and some have had shorter indoor seasons than normal. Unusually, British Athletics have picked a larger team than normal (potentially the largest ever outside of Britain) and selected athletes who wouldn’t have normally reached their harsh qualification criteria, A total of 13 athletes were selected through the Road to Apeldoorn feature.

Topping the rankings are GEORGIA HUNTER BELL (1500m), GEORGE MILLS and MELISSA COURTNEY-BRYANT (3000m) though sadly top-ranked MOLLY CAUDERY (pole vault) was a late withdrawal. Other events where Britain could win a medal is in all three relays, the women’s 400m through AMBER ANNING and the 1500m with NEIL GOURLEY or ELLIOT GILES. There are outside hopes in the 800m races, men’s 60m and women’s high jump and Britain should be vying with the likes of Norway, Netherlands and Italy towards the top of the medal table.

Britain’s European Indoor medal tally since 1990 – excluding the 200m event Year:  gold-silver-bronze – 1990: 2-1-2, 1992: 2-1-2, 1994:  5-0-2, 1996: 1-3-0, 1998: 3-1-1, 2000:  1-1-1, 2002: 2-2-2, 2005: 1-3-1, 2007:  4-3-3, 2009: 2-2-0, 2011: 3-4-1, 2013:  4-3-1, 2015: 2-4-3, 2017: 5-4-1, 2019: 4-5-1, 2021: 2-4-6, 2023: 3-1-2

MONDO DUPLANTIS SOARS TO 11TH WORLD POLE VAULT RECORD – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The Swedish superstar clears (6.27m) on his first attempt at the All Star Perche meet in Clermont-Ferrand. MONDO DUPLANTIS has broken the world pole vault record for the 11th time in his illustrious career. The Swedish superstar cleared (6.27m) on his first attempt at the All Star Perche meet – founded by SERGEY BUBKA and RENAUD LAVILLENIE in 2016 – in Clermont-Ferrand, France. DUPLANTIS, who is the double Olympic and world pole vault champion, had a perfect card with clearances at heights of (5.65m), (5.91m), (6.02m), (6.07m) and (6.27m). The 25-year-old broke the world record on no fewer than three occasions last year, with his vault of (6.25m) taking place at the Paris Olympics.

DUPLANTIS has also achieved more 60 clearances over the six-metre barrier, emphasising the consistency of the Swede on the global stage. Elsewhere at the All Star Perche meet, EMMANOUIL KARALIS was second with a Greek record  of (6.02m), just a week after the Olympic bronze medallist vaulted over (6.01m). Amazingly, six men cleared (5.91m) or higher, the first time it’s happened in a single competition.

IS ATHLETICS DEVELOPING A CANCEL CULTURE? – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photographs taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

Muddy legs at Mansfield in 2019

We look at why more and more athletics events in Britain are being called off – and the increasing pressure being placed on organisers. This winter has already seen a number of events either cancelled or postponed. From the Great South Run in Portsmouth to the English Schools Cross Country Cup in Leeds and South of England Inter-Counties in Croydon, high winds and torrential rain have caused mayhem. It raises the question: is this cancel culture creating a nation of fair-weather athletes or are the decisions taken by organisers simply sensible and, ultimately, the right call?  Talk to old-timers and they will tell you that events were hardly ever cancelled 30 or 40 years ago. Yet, in recent years, every time a storm sweeps across Britain there are seemingly a wave of call-offs. The extreme weather events caused by climate change have been cited as the problem, yet event organisers are also under pressure like never before due to insurance and health and safety demands. Rigorous risk assessments have become commonplace for athletics events, while wider cultural changes have also resulted in people becoming more litigious and, in the case of many parents, cautious.

 “Every event will have its own reason for being cancelled,” says KEN BURKETT from the English Schools Athletics Association. “At the English Schools Cross Country Cup it was an issue to do with the well-publicised Storm Darragh coming in from across the Atlantic with high winds, yellow and orange warnings and it would have been irresponsible for us to say: ‘Yes, turn up and it’ll be fine’.

“The winds in Leeds that day were forecast to be more than 30mph and the course was more than 150m above sea level, so it would be even windier than that. The school, with their insurance hat on, said they were not allowed out in the fields so it was taken out of our hands, really. There were lots of old trees and they didn’t want them to come down on anybody. You are in the hands of the landowner at the end of the day. “The event is now on March 1 at the same venue [The Grammar School at Leeds] and we’re looking forward to it being a great event.”

 Whereas the English Schools Cross Country Cup featured teams of children racing on muddy fields, the Great South Run in October was due to see a record 23,000 people running on the roads of the south coast of England, but high winds made it too dangerous to go ahead. “The forecasted winds and gusts compromised our event infrastructure, including our medical facilities at the finish and around the course,” organisers said. “This, combined with high tide levels, potential debris and the exposure along the seafront mean that we couldn’t guarantee the safe delivery of the event. Safety of our participants, staff and volunteers is our number one priority.”

At the South of England Inter-Counties in Croydon, winds were causing the portable toilets to blow over. DAVID HARRIS from the South of England Athletics Association, said: “We were also not able to put up tents and gazebos at all, which were required for athlete registration, officials registration etc.”

BURKETT, who is also a geography teacher and long-time secretary of the Kent Schools Athletics Association, says portaloos almost certainly didn’t even exist at events many years ago. Neither did things like an event HQ, hi-vis jackets, radios, four-wheel drive vehicles or quad bikes to enable First Aiders out to various corners of a course. “Everything has become more professional these days but, due to this, we seem to have lost that element of adventure,” BURKETT says, before adding: “You see the old photos of runners wading through chest-deep water and clambering through barbed wire and it might have been fun, but it doesn’t mean we should be doing that any more. “Today there are organisers with radios, risk assessments and safety plans and it’s all impressively organised with dozens of people involved. Maybe we’ve made it more complicated than it ever was, but in the past we’ve seen accidents at track and field meetings with hammers and javelins hitting people so maybe the old days weren’t so good?”

It isn’t just cross-country, road and fell or mountain running races that have been affected by the winter weather. Even indoor events have been called off in recent seasons, such as the Scottish Championships at the Emirates Arena last month, with the owners of the venue making the decision following red weather warnings caused by Storm Éowyn. There are some, however, who have managed to largely avoid cancellations. JOE MOWER, the championship secretary for the English Cross Country Association, was involved in the postponement of the English National at Weston Park near Telford last year due to the car parks being flooded but he cannot recall overseeing any other call-offs during more than half a century in the sport. Similarly, GRAHAM FINLAYSON, organiser of the Cardiff Cross Challenge and recent British Universities (BUCS) Cross Country Championships, says: “Over all the years I have been putting on road and cross country races I have never had one cancel but it is getting harder to put on races. With the council, their paperwork gets bigger and bigger.”

A snowy Edinburgh in 2010

The BUCS Championships has not always gone ahead so smoothly, though. The 2009 event in Aberdeen featured on the cover of AW with the headline ‘snow joke’ after an unofficial race – won by ANDY VERNON – went ahead in defiance of the organisers, who had cancelled it due to heavy snowfall when many students were either already there or well on their way to Aberdeen. Among other things, Birmingham University paid around £12,000 to take a 98-strong team to the event. It led GEORGE GANDY, the long-time Loughborough coach, to say: “I didn’t think the word ‘cancel’ was in a cross-country runner’s vocabulary.” BUCS said at the time: “We believe teams put themselves at risk by running in conditions where it was unclear what was underfoot, as well as following aspects of a course which had  not been risk-assessed or had qualified officials or first-aid facilities on hand. “We appreciate that cross-country is a rigorous athletics event, but for those walking the course on Friday afternoon and subsequently on the Saturday morning the conditions were considered too dangerous to go ahead.”

Sometimes extreme weather surprises everyone and shows how dangerous high winds, heavy rain or cold temperatures can be. At the 2002 English Schools Cross Country Championships in Hylands Park in Chelmsford, a huge marquee was caught in blustery winds and blew over just before the final race of the day, with one athlete hospitalised and others treated for shock, minor cuts and bruises, although luckily no-one was seriously hurt.

Then there is the infamous 1972 English National Cross Country Championships at Sutton Park near Birmingham where there were numerous cases of hypothermia and an official died on the way home due to a heart attack thought to have been brought on by the cold. Conditions at the start of the day were fine but a fierce storm unexpectedly blew over the area during the day, causing carnage.

Given the nature of the challenges affecting event organisers, we approached the governing bodies for comment. England Athletics said: “At England Athletics, the safety of athletes, runners, officials and spectators is paramount. We are enormously grateful to the diligent work of our event providers – many of whom are volunteers – and work tirelessly to ensure the smooth and safe delivery of events for all. “Planning and organising events often involves making tough decisions, especially when it comes to cancellations or postponements. These decisions are not always as simple as just the condition of the course, though that can certainly play a major role if it’s flooded, frozen, or has fallen trees for example. Other factors such as agreements with venues or landowners, requirements of event insurance, the condition of car parking areas, and broader transport issues can also come into play. That’s why it’s so important for race organisers to use their risk assessments as a guide for making these decisions. These assessments take a complete view of all potential risks and help ensure decisions are made with safety, fairness and the overall event experience in mind. “While cancellations or postponements can be disappointing, and cause disruptions in the fixtures calendar, they are always made with the best interests of participants, spectators, and everyone involved in the competition.”

Of course it is not just high-profile national events that are affected. Rarely a week goes by when parkrun doesn’t suffer at least some cancellations. With their races unfolding in the far north-east of England, the Start Fitness North Eastern Harrier League has also faced its share of event cancellations or postponements in recent winters. VICKI THOMPSON, secretary of the league, says: “Yes, we’re increasingly hampered by the weather. It’s a combination of factors, even going back 20 years we had 20 to 30 senior women taking part, but at one of our most recent fixtures we had 342 women and 396 men. Add in all of the juniors and it makes car parking a weighty factor when arranging venues. We need parking for around 500-600 vehicles, so it’s a victim of its own popularity.

“This season our cancellations, or postponements really, were down to one car park being underwater and the other date was the weekend of the orange weather warning for heavy snow, making access to the site difficult. In previous years our car parking problems were mainly down to waterlogged areas. “We haven’t cancelled an event due to course conditions and, though we had a massive lake appear overnight at one venue, the event still went ahead with a re-routed course. “Thankfully most competitors are pretty understanding when we have to say an event can’t go ahead due to safety concerns. There are some runners who were around ‘back in the day’ when the events would have probably gone ahead, but they had the ability to park up wherever, and not really worry about overloading the local area with cars.”

 A recent online poll by AW asked athletes and coaches to tell us how many planned competitions or races had been called off or postponed in the past 12 months. A total of 44 per cent replied to say “at least one”, with 24 per cent suggesting they had suffered “several cancellations” and 32 per cent saying they had not encountered any cancellations. Not surprisingly, athletics isn’t the only sport affected, either. The Football Association estimates that around 120,000 games are lost each season due to weather-related problems, with three in four fans affected. In the last decade an estimated 13,000 overs of cricket have been lost every season and nearly two thirds of golfers reckon they have experienced extreme weather associated with climate change. CHRIS BOARDMAN, chairman of Sport England, said: “Climate change and sport are intrinsically connected. Whether it’s flooded pitches, water quality or extreme heat, few things have such an ability to depress physical activity. The status quo is no longer an option. We must tackle this seriously, quickly and most importantly, together.”

 One thing’s for sure, event cancellations are unlikely to go away. According to the Met Office, winters in the UK in 2070 will be up to 30 per cent wetter than they were in 1990 and rainfall could be up to 25 per cent more intense. So what are the conclusions? In athletics, it appears event organisers are often at the mercy of landowners such as local councils, schools or facilities. Decisions on whether to cancel, therefore, are often taken out of the hands of the officials. Events are undoubtedly better organised than they were half a century ago, but rigorous risk assessments, health and safety guidelines and the element of insurance has possibly led to a more cautious approach rather than the gung-ho attitude of yesteryear. When someone’s name is written on a document as the ‘event director’ or ‘safety officer’, they will potentially be liable if an accident happens. Ultimately, organisers also have a ‘duty of care’ to ensure everyone at their event is safe. Given this, it not surprisingly breeds nervousness. Finally, it’s clear that no event organiser ever wants to cancel. It is always a last resort.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card will be issued in Mid March 2025. You can see all dates/venues for all leagues SBH participate in, and other major fixtures. These can be found folowing ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ above, and is titles ‘A look ahead to the Summer’.
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s points tables, following the National Championships at Parliament Hill on 22 February –Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25     Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s Club Championship winners, following the 25 January Southern Championships – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2024-2025 Updated 25-01-25

STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025  The entrance fee on the membership form, cover the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER,  KAREN HARRISON,  TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport.  The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice.  The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme.  All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £37 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH MIDWEEK POLE VAULT CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Winter 2024-2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 02-09-24

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

STONEX STADIUM AWARDED TRACKMARK STANDARD – Congratulations on achieving the UK Athletics Quality Assurance Standards for StoneX Stadium. This is the letter from UK Athletics and certificate showing all area that achieved compliance – StoneX Stadium Award Letter 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Happy Birthday from Thursday 27 February to Wednesday 4 March – Joanna Blair, Jacob Clement, Tia Daley, James Davis, Fiona Groom, Anthony Jackson, Paul Lewis, Andrew Magnall, Sienna Oakley-Medwinter, David Parker, Lily Parris, Aimee Porter, Stephen Potter, Milo Rynehart, Alana Samji and Dian Taylor

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to FRANCISCO GUERRERO

EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to the following Shaftesbury athletes who have been selected for the GB&NI team, the championships take place at Apeldoorn, Netherlands on 6-9 March.
JOHN OTUGADE (60m), EMILY NEWNHAM U23 (4x400m Relay), LINA NIELSEN (4x400m Relay), SCOTT LINCOLN (Shot)

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to EMILY NEWNHAM who broke her 400m Under 23 time of (52.16i) at the UK Championships at Birmingham on 23 February. EMILY’S previous record was (52.32i) set in Sheffield on 25 January.

NEW CLUB RECORDS – Currently there are no Women Masters 45-49 Indoor 60m and 200m Club Records, following Saturday’s meeting at Lee Valley, the 2 times recorded will now become Club Records.
Congratulations to CLAIRE SPURWAY V45 who ran a 60m time of (8.45i) 22 February and 200m time of (27.90i) 23 February at the British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 who broke his own Masters Men 50-54 Indoor 200m Club Record, with a time of (25.51i) at the British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 22 February.  His previous Indoor record was (25.71i) at Lee Valley on 21 January 2023.

ATHLETICS WEEKLY 1969 TO 1987 – RICHARD SAMUEL wishes to dispose of his collection of Athletics Weekly’s, which ranges from mid 1969 to mid 1987. Most years are complete but there are a few gaps. Mostly the condition is good but a few are a bit dog eared. RICHARD suggests a donation to club funds by anyone interested and they would have be collected.
Anyone interested please contact RICHARD by email at Richard.samuel1@btinternet.com

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the recent 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2024 is £19. The current total is £104 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Parliament Hill on 22 February.
Parliament Hill is regarded as the spiritual home of English cross-country running and the history of the English ‘National’ dates back to 1876. World Athletics recognised this a few years ago by awarding the venue one of its coveted Heritage plaques and the 10 races on Saturday were preceded by a celebration of the achievement with long-time English Cross Country Association secretary IAN BYETT and current secretary EAMONN MARTIN among those in attendance.

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – BEN KASPAR 12th (12.35), DENNYS PASCAL 25th (12.59), HARRISON HENDERSON 76th (13.41), LEWIS WARD 120th (14.07) the winner was Zakariya Rush of Solihull & Small Heath (12.08) 318 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Preston Harriers (105 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (136), 3rd Herne Hill Harriers (162), 5th SBH (233) 30 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – GRACE ROONEY 104th (15.22), SIENNA DARCY 157th (16.12), LUCIA CASALENUOVO 185th (16.29), ABIGAIL ROSS 217th (17.16) the winner was Mia McGoldrick of Settle Harriers (12.57) 275 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Liverpool Harriers (90 points), 2nd South London Harriers (153), 3rd Bracknell (176), 22nd SBH (663) 26 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (4000m) – CALEB HILTON 35th (16.12), JESSE ABRAHAMS 52nd (16.28), EDWARD PASCAL 185th (18.00), SAM CLEMENTS 235th (18.36), OMAR MIAH 250th (18.52), SAM DARCY 269th (19.25) the winner was Jake Ireland of Macclesfiel Harriers (14.45) 343 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (92 points), 2nd Herne Hill Harriers (97), 3rd Dacorum (128), 16th SBH (507) 34 teams finished
Under 15 Girls (4000m) – AIMEE PORTER 57th (19.27) the winner was Gabrielle Pinder of New Marske Harriers (16.19) 306 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (61 points), 2nd Chelmsford (121), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (154) 30 teams finished

Under 17 Men (6000m) – ARTHUR PHILLIPS 102nd (25.30), JOHN-MICHAEL DIRACLES 124th (25.50), MATTHEW MAY 185th (26.47), THOMAS CADWALLADER 301st (32.08) the winner was Alex Lennon of Sutton & District (22.09) 319 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Sutton & District (77 points), 2nd City of Norwich (146), 3rd Exeter Harriers (160), 22nd SBH (712 )27 teams finished

Under 17 Women (5000m) – POSIE SHAW 57th (23.19), DINA SILVERMAN 139th (25.43) the winner was Lucy Wilkinson of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (19.48) 199 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (63 points), 2nd Eastbourne Rovers (107), 3rd Salford Harriers (164) 14 teams finished

Under 20 Men (10000m) – SAMUEL GREENSTEIN 29th (36.33), MAX WINFIELD 33rd (37.21), GIANLEO STUBBS 49th (38.15), TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE 82nd (39.56), ADAM O’GORMAN 100th (41.08), JACOB CLEMENT 136th (43.33), JAI DARYANANI 167th (47.36) the winner was Matthew Pickering of Aldershot, Farnham & District (34.36) 191 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Tonbridge (91 points), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District (115), 3rd Chelmsford (119), 4th SBH (193 ) 10 teams finished

Under 20 Women (6000k) – No SBH runners, the winner was Isabel Holt of Blackburn Harriers (25.12) 121 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley Harriers (37 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (86), 3rd Epsom & Ewell Harriers (90) 13 teams finished

Senior Men (12000m) – JEREMY DEMPSEY 7th (45.05), JAMIE DEE 9th (45.12), DYLAN EVANS 11th (45.25), LIAM DEE 29th (46.28), THOMAS BUTLER 30th (46.34), JUDE BELL 113th (49.58), MATTHEW GRANT V35 213th (52.40), GARY PELOSI V40 364th (55.09), OLIVER GREENSTEIN 529th (58.14), TREVOR CUMMINS V40 698th (60.47), DANIEL NICHOLS V40 760th (61.54), ROBERT RIGBY V60 806th (62.32), MARK COTTLE V35 1022nd (66.11), JONNY SHAW V50 1124th (67.57), DAVID GREENSTEIN V60 1321st (71.13) the winner was Richard Slade of Chiltern Harriers (43.52) 1781 runners finished
Team Result 6 To Count – 1st Bristol & West (115 points), 2nd SBH (199), 3rd Highgate Harriers (228) 112 teams finished
Team Result 9 To Count – 1st Bristol & West (243 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (527), 3rd Tonbridge (610), 6th SBH (1305) 59 teams finished

Senior Women (8000m) – No SBH runners, the winner was Jessica Gibbon of City of Reading (29.19) 830 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Leeds City (89 points), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District (93), 3rd Thames, Hare & Hounds (161) 82 teams finished

THESE ARE THE SBH WINTER POINTS FINAL FIRST THREE POSITIONS FOR AGE-GROUPS UNDER 13 AND ABOVE, FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FIXTURE AT PARLIAMENT HILL ON 22 FEBRUARY

Athletes shown in ‘RED’, their points total have been adjusted, based on their best 5 results.

Men – Under 13 Boys 1st BEN KASPAR (39 points), 2nd DENNYS PASCAL (38), 3rd HARRISON HENDERSON (28), Under 15 Boys 1st CALEB HILTON (40), 2nd EDWARD PASCAL (36), 3rd SAM CLEMENTS (29), Under 17 Men 1st ARTHUR PHILLIPS (39), 2nd EUAN PHILLIPS (35), 3rd AIDEN MCAVOY (31), Under 20 Men 1st ADAM O’GORMAN (20), 2nd TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE (19), 3rd JAI DARYANANI (16), Senior Men 1st THOMAS BUTLER (59), 2nd FINN MACCARTHY (50), 3rd JAMIE DEE (34), Masters Men 40-49 1st JOEL PHILLIPS V45 (35), 2nd DANIEL NICHOLS V40 (29), 3rd GARY PELOSI V40 (24), Masters Men 50-59 1st JONNY SHAW V50 (40), 2nd BARRY HAWS V50 (27), 3rd TIM UNDERHILL V55 (23), Masters Men 60-69 1st PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V60 (36), 2nd ROBERT RIGBY V60 (32), 3rd DAVID GREENSTEIN V60 (29)

Women – Under 13 Girls 1st GRACE ROONEY (31 points), 2nd SIENNA DARCY (29), 3rd ABIGAIL ROSS (19), Under 15 Girls 1st AMBER JACKSON (31), 2nd OLIVIA ABBOTT (21), 3rd AIMEE PORTER (16), Under 17 Women 1st PHOEBE KEMP and POSIE SHAW (16), 3rd DINA SILVERMAN and EDIIE WOODINGS (7), Senior Women 1st NICOLA PAYNE (31), 2nd ELANA DIMMER (23), 3rd EMILIA ECONOMU (20)

Link to full list of Men and Women points total following the Victoria Park Sports Medicine Metropolitan League fixture at Trent Park on 8 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25    Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25

UK INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Birmingham on 22-23 February
60m – SM H1 TEDDY WILSON U20 2nd (6.74i), H3 JOHN OTUGADE 2nd (6.72i), H4 KRISHAWN AIKEN 5th (6.94i) in Semi-Final 1 TEDDY finished 4th (6.73i), in Semi-Final 2 JOHN finished 3rd (6.68i), in the Final JOHN won the Silver Medal (6.64i)
60m – SW H4 RENEE REGIS U23 2nd (7.45i) in Semi-Final 1 RENEE finished 4th (SB 7.41i) taking .01 of a second off her 29 January time, and is ranked UK No.9 U23 in 2025, in the Final RENEE finished 6th (7.42i)
200m – SM H1 PHOENIX LYON 4th (22.07i), H2 CAI CRAWFORD U23 2nd (21.55i), H4 KRISHAWN AIKEN 1st (SB 21.55i) taking .19 of a second off his 18 January time, in Semi-Final 1 CAI finished 3rd (21.70i), in Semi-Final 2 KRISHAWN finished 2nd (SB 21.25i) taking .30 of a second off his H4 time, and is ranked UK No.9 in 2025, in the Final  KRISHAWN won the Bronze Medal (21.37i)
400m – SW H1 EMILY NEWNHAM U23 2nd (53.18i), H4 LINA NIELSEN 1st (53.08i) in Semi-Final 1 LINA finished 1st (52.19i), EMILY finished 2nd (52.46i) in the Final LINA won the Silver Medal (PB 51.77i) taking .16 of a second off her 25 January time, and is ranked UK No.2 in 2025, EMILY finished 4th (PB 52.16i) taking .09 of a second off her 2 February time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2025, and a new Club Record
60m Hurdles – SM H3 CRAIG MONCUR U23 4th (8.45i)
60m Hurdles – SW H2 JESSICA HUNTER 2nd (SB 8.37i) taking .13 of a second off her 2 February time, in the Final JESSICA finished 4th (SB 8.29i) taking .08 of a second off her H2 time, and is ranked UK No.5 in 2025
High Jump – SM Straight Final KIMANI JACK U23 won the Silver Medal (2.15mi), AKIN COWARD 9th (2.03mi)
Triple Jump – SW Straight Final REESE ROBINSON U23 5th (SB 12.42mi) adding 3cm to her 16 February jump, and is ranked UK No.5 U23 in 2025
Shot 7.26kg – SM Straight Final SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (SB 20.86mi) adding 30cm to his 30 January put, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2025

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 22-23 February
60m – W45 Straight Final CLAIRE SPURWAY V45 (SCVAC) won the Silver Medal (SB 8.45i) and is ranked UK No.5 V45 in 2025, a new Club Record
60m – W50 H2 DELPHINE DIERS V50 4th (PB 9.52i) a new Club Record
200m – M50 H2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) won the Silver Medal (PB 25.51i) taking .20 of a second off his 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.5 V45 in 2025, a new Club Record
200m – M55 H2 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 (SCVAC) 4th (PB 26.52i) taking .08 of a second off his 18 January time, and is ranked UK No.7 V55 in 2025
200m – W45 Straight Final CLAIRE SPURWAY V45 (SCVAC) won the Gold Medal (27.90i) and is ranked UK No.3 V45 in 2025, a new Club Record
400m – W45 Straight Final CLAIRE SPURWAY V45 (SCVAC) won the Bronze Medal (1:08.02i) and is ranked UK No.3 V45 in 2025
800m – W55 H2 LISA WEBB V55 (VAC) won the Bronze Medal (2:50.80i)
60m Hurdles – M50-54 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (EMAC 2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (9.17i)
High Jump – M35-50 Straight Final SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) won the Bronze Medal (SB 1.50mi) adding 5cm to his 16 February height
Long Jump – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (VAC) 4th (SB 3.52mi) and is ranked UK No.3 V60 in 2025
Long Jump – M40-50 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (EMAC 2nd Claim) (NM)
Pole Vault – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (VAC) won the Gold Medal (2.30mi)
Shot Put 6kg – M50-54 Straight Final JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 (SCVAC) 10th (9.55mi)

MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Spokane, Washington, USA on 21-22 February
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE (Long Beach State University) 3rd (4.70mi)

PHILADELPHIA METRO – Took place at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 21 February
60m Hurdles – SW 1 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 8.66i) taking .06 of a second off her 31 January time

LEE VALLEY MIDDLE DISTANCE OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 19 February
800m – SX 5 SIENNA DARCY U13 2nd (2:33.25i), 7 SAM DARCY U17 2nd (SB 2:22.22i) taking 5.80 seconds off his 1 January time, 17 DINA SILVERMAN U20 5th (SB 2:20.83i) taking 3.93 seconds off her 2 February time, 18 MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U20 4th (2:11.59i), 22 JACOB CLEMENT U20 5th (2:01.92i)

NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES INDOOR 60m SERIES – Took place at Newham on 19 February
60m – SM A1 ZANSON PLUMMER 6th (6.98i), B2 ZANSON finished 1st (6.94i)

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,206 events – 233,600 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 10132 first timers – 23,253 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 22 February
PAUL LEWIS V50 11th (24.21) this was his 247th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 22 February
CLIFF GOLDING V70 111th (26.31) this was his 183rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at North Yorkshire Water Park on 22 February
KAYLA MICHEL U23 71st (26.10) this was her 52nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 22 February
STUART SINGER V60 45th (24.00) this was his 458th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 22 February
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 187th (59.08) this was his 336th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oaklands Park on 22 February
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 10th (24.14) this was his 13th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 22 February
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 26th (20.09) this was his 29th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 45th (PB 21.08) this was her 31st Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 112th (23.51) this was his 311th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at St Albans on 22 February
DAVID BROOKS U23 10th (22.08) this was his 16th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL – The SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 1 March at Brent Country Park, Hanwell, West London (SatNav W7 3BP).
Timetable – First race starts at 12.00
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will our athletes please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number

ESSEX AND EASTERN COUNTIES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 1 March and Sunday 2 March. Age-group U13 up to Senior.
Entries Closed

EUROPEAN SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Apeldorn, Netherlands from Thursday 6 March to Sunday 9 March.

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 8 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15 AND U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 8 March and Sunday 9 March.
Please use this link to enable you to enter – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=25846
Entries Closing Date Friday 28 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 15 March and Sunday 16 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to Hertfordshire online entries – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=25979
Entries Closing Date Monday 3 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
Link to Middlesex entries online – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/registration?id=26132
Entries Closing Date Friday 28 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 March at West Sussex.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Alachua, Florida, USA from Saturday 15 March to Friday 21 March.
Entries Closed

WORLD SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Glasgow from Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March
Note: You will be selected following the UK trials

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 1 – Takes place on Sunday 23 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Link to the online entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-throwsfest-1/
Entries Closing Date Thursday 20 March, No Entries On The Day
Note: Events may be full before the Closing Date, Therefore Please Enter As Soon As Possible

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS THROWSFEST 2 – Takes place on Saturday 29 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee for SBH members is £6 for their first event, and £9 for subsequent events. Entry fee for non SBH members is £12 for each event.
Events are Hammer starts at 10.20am, Discus and Shot starts at 13.40am and Javelin starts at 17.00am.
Link to the online entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-throwsfest-2/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 26 March, No Entries On The Day
Note: Events may be full before the Closing Date, Therefore Please Enter As Soon As Possible

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5K AND U13 3K ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 30 March at Milton Keynes.Bucks (MK14 6BN)/strong>
Start times – 11.00am U15/U17 5K, 12.00pm Men 6 Stages of 4.8K and 6 Stages of 7.2K, Women 4 Stages of 4.8K and 2 Stages of 7.2K
Entries Closing Date Monday 17 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

LEE VALLEY MINITHON INDOOR FIXTURES – Is for School years 3 to 7, in which you compete in 3 events from the following – 60m, 200m, 600, 60m Hurdles, High Jump (Year 6 and 7 only), Long Jump, Shot Put and Javelin (Year 6 and 7 only).
The final fixture is on Saturday 22 March.
Link to information guide on the Minithon – Information Guide For Lee Valley Minithon
To enter please use this link – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/kids-activities#%20
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

A LOOK AHEAD TO THE SUMMER – The summer fixtures have now been finalised and published, this being the case these are the Fixtures/Venues for the various leagues that Shaftesbury compete in. I anticipate issuing the Fixture card towards the end of March.

Eastern Young Athletes League for U13, U15 and U17 age-groups – Sunday 13 April at Cambridge, Sunday 18 May at Watford, Sunday 15 June at Stevenage, Sunday 27 July at StoneX Stadium, the EYAL Finals take place on 7 September, venue to be confirmed.
Middlesex Young Athletes League for U11, U13, U15 and U17 age-groups – Saturday 3 May at Perivale, Sunday 2 June at Finsbury Park, Sunday 15 June at Stevenage, Saturday 28 June at Harrow, Sunday 20 July at Parliament Hill.
UK Youth Development League for U17 and U20 age-groups – Sunday 27 April at Bromley, Sunday 25 May at Eton, Sunday 6 July at StoneX Stadium, the National Finals take place on 7 September, venue to be confirmed.
National Athletics League for U20 and Senior age-groups (Under 17s can compete as rule 42) – Saturday 31 May at Eton, Saturday 5 July at Derby, Saturday 16 August at Birmingham.

This summer Shaftesbury will be promoting 5 fixtures at StoneX Stadium, the following dates and details are still provisional, and will be finalised within the next 4/6 weeks.
Saturday 21 June SBH Track and Field Open Meeting, Sunday 13 July SBH Jumps Open Meeting, Saturday 9 August SBH Showcase Open Meeting, Monday 25 August SBH Club Championships and Open Meeting, Sunday 13 September SBH Autumn Throwsfest.
These are the main 4 major fixtures – 17-20 July European U23 Championships at Bergen, Norway, 2-3 August UK Championships at Birmingham, 7-10 August European U20 Championships at Tampere, Finland, 13-21 July World Championships at Tokyo, Japan.

MICHAEL JOHNSON: “THE ATHLETES ARE AMAZING BUT THEY NEED A PLATFORM” – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

As the inaugural staging of Grand Slam Track approaches, MICHAEL JOHNSON talks about why he thinks it can bring about the kind of change that athletics needs to be able to grow. The national stadium in Kingston holds some significant memories for MICHAEL JOHNSON. It was during his time at Baylor College that the man who would go on to become a multiple Olympic and world champion sprinter got his first taste of Jamaica. Travelling to race at the renowned venue was, in fact, the first time he’d ever left America.  “I ran down there twice in college [in relay events], in 1989 and 1990,” he recalls. “It was eye-opening. I’d never seen that level of young talent.” It’s the famous ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships or “Champs” that packs this particular arena to the rafters on an annual basis but, just five days after this year’s edition takes place, JOHNSON’S latest vision for the sport will start to become a reality on the very same track that will have played host to the Caribbean’s rising stars. There will be some rather more established names on show for the first of the four meetings – others will follow in Miami, Philadelphia and then LA – that form the inaugural staging of Grand Slam Track, the project being driven by the former 200m and 400m world record-holder which is promising to bring change to the sport.

In case you haven’t been following the story, Grand Slam Track is planning to do things a bit differently. Here’s the concept. A total of 48 athletes, or “Racers”, have already been signed up and are contracted to compete in one of six event groups in each of the four “Slams”. At each Slam, every Racer will have to take part in two different disciplines – for example, US star SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE will race over the 400m hurdles and the 400m flat, while her fellow American COLE HOCKER will take on not just his more familiar 1500m distance but also the 800m.

On top of that, those 48 Racers will come up against 48 “Challengers”, whose identities will be different from Slam to Slam, with the first prize for coming out on top being $100,000. It’s all designed to create a professional, and more lucrative, league that sits at the top of the sport, places the focus on rivalries rather than times and draws more attention. The biggest challenge, according to JOHNSON: “Was always going to be getting athletes to commit to competing against their primary rivals four times.” With those 48 Racers secured – including Olympic and world champions (36 of them won medals in Paris last summer) – that box has been very much ticked. After all the planning, now “execution mode” has been engaged as the spring approaches. It hasn’t all been plain sailing to reach this point, mind you. “You’re giving the athletes what they’ve always wanted, but you’re also asking them to change and so you expect that that’s going to be a little bit challenging for people,” says JOHNSON. “You’re going to always have some resistance but, by and large, the athletes are down with it.”

Would he have felt that way during his own competitive days if he had been approached to take part? “It would not have been difficult at all for me,” he adds. “I wanted this. I always understood how other professional sports work because, when I was competing as a sprinter, my best friends were NFL players and I saw how their sport worked versus my sport. I’ve always been a big Formula One fan and I saw how that sport worked versus our sport. I would have understood the trade-off. “And then I loved competing in the big championships. If you gave me an opportunity to compete against the best, that’s what I wanted to do. All of my records came when there were high stakes and I ran my best when I was competing against the best, so that’s what I wanted. For most of these athletes, I think that’s what they want as well. “That’s one of the things they cite – ‘I want the races to mean something. I want to compete against my rivals and that’s what’s going to bring out the best in me’.” Much has been written and spoken about Grand Slam Track before a single step has even been run and it could be argued that it’s already making an impact. Has it been a coincidence, for example, that the Diamond League prize pot for the year ahead has recently increased?

Those sums still pale in comparison to the earning power of some other sports, though, so how does JOHNSON see athletics being able to keep up when the choices available to the watching – and participating public – continue to grow? “At the grassroots level, certainly here in the US, there are significant participation numbers,” he says. “It’s the number one participation sport for girls in the US, and I think it’s number two for boys behind American football so that’s definitely a strength. We also have a very good college system. “Our biggest problem has always been that the sport has never had an actual league that sits at the top. So we would compare track to the NBA or the NFL or European league football – but that’s not the comparison. The comparison should be European league football, NFL, NBA, Formula One. Those are all leagues. We don’t have a league. We just call our sport the sport. We need a league that is exclusive for the best of the best athletes.” He adds: “Nobody talks about combat sports as the thing. It’s UFC. That’s the leader. We have never had that in athletics. We have the Olympics, which is not ours. It doesn’t belong to us as a sport. We have our World Championships, but it is not an exclusive league that takes place every year that is for the best of the best athletes. “That was one of the things that, when I first started this, I felt like the sport needed in order for it to continue to thrive. Grand Slam Track is that league.”

It was towards the end of last year that JOHNSON claimed: “I think I can save track”. He has the utmost confidence in the athletes being able to deliver their part of the bargain and excel. His job, he says, is to provide the means for those stories to be told on a grand scale, and to an audience that wants to keep coming back for more. The Paris Olympics and the performances that took place there were just about the perfect advert for athletics, so how much potential does the 57-year-old think the sport has? “We talk about that all the time and I think the issue is, because of the lack of anything else, we have been looking for years now for the next generational talent that’s going to help draw more attention back to the sport. I think that’s the wrong way to think about it because, if you think about it, at every Olympics the athletes are amazing. It’s not the lack of talent. “We keep looking to the athletes to help grow the sport, to get the sport over the top or ‘save’ the sport but there hasn’t been a single Olympic Games or World Championships over the last several years that wasn’t like: ‘Damn, this is amazing’.

“So it’s not the athletes. It is the lack of a structure to take those athletes and put them in a product that you can deliver to fans, that gets them excited every year, multiple times a year, with high stakes and a platform that showcases these personalities. “From my perspective, the talent has always been there, but this is the greatest collection of dynamic personalities I’ve seen in the sport in quite some time, and they’re doing an amazing job themselves of connecting with their fans, putting themselves out there, bringing the fans into their world, training, the struggles and all of the drama that it takes to be a professional track athlete. But what they’re lacking is a platform that boosts that and that’s what we’re trying to be as Grand Slam Track.” The level of ambition and aspiration is extremely high, but that doesn’t mean that all forms of realism have been parked at the door. JOHNSON isn’t about to claim all of athletics’ ills will have been cured by the end of June and his idea of what success would like come the end of year one is not only different from what you might expect, but also indicative of the fact that he and the investors who have put up $30 million are in this for the long run.

“The fact that we have signed these 48 Racers, now putting them on the track and letting them race… that’ll be a success,” he says. “What we want is to then put out a good product that is entertaining and presents the sport in a way that draws fans in and engages them in a new way. “And then, of course, the metric that I’m going to be looking at constantly is growth – in the numbers of fans that are coming into the stadium and watching, growth of our television audience over the season and growth of our engagement, whether it be social media or otherwise. “This is a start-up. I’ve been involved with many start-ups and you have to be realistic about what you can expect in year one. You have to be focused on growth, and you have to be structured in a way where you can grow. That’s how we’re structured.

“This is where a lot of fans and people in the sport are concerned [about the project]. They are welcoming of Grand Slam Track, but concerned about whether it can last, so they’ll apply methodology that makes sense to them, like: ‘You’ve got to have a full stadium in year one or you’re going to fail’. You don’t have to have a full stadium in year one. You have to keep growing over time. “Or they’ll say: ‘You’ve got to have all of the athletes and if you don’t have this one athlete who is the most popular, you’re going to fail’. No, you don’t have to have that one athlete. You have to have a lot of the really good athletes. “We know what’s possible, and we know what’s realistic, so I feel good about our chances to succeed based on our goals for year one. And then we’ll quickly get ready for year two.”

Whether that second year brings with it expansion into other parts of the world – there have been discussions with a number of cities – remains to be seen. The same goes for whether or not some of the big-name athletes who have been conspicuous by their absence, such as Noah Lyles and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, can be persuaded to come on board in future. JOHNSON’S vision, however, remains clear. “It has always been, from my perspective, [about] Grand Slam Track being able to immediately make change based on what we’re doing,” he says. “We’re changing the way that athletes compete, the way that fans are able to consume the product and enjoy track at the professional level.

“It has always been my opinion that that is going to spur on other change that the sport has needed for quite some time and that World Athletics has stated multiple times that they want to see. “Given that I think we’re just getting started, I think we’ll see more change in the sport in a positive direction. Someone had to start that. I think that Grand Slam Track can be that impetus for that change and we’re certainly going to try by leading with our examples and with our league. I’m hopeful it will spur on more change.”

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the January issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England athletics January 2025 Throws Community Newsletter

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card will be issued in Mid March 2025. You can see all dates/venues for all leagues SBH participate in, and other major fixtures. These can be found folowing ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ above, and is titles ‘A look ahead to the Summer’.
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s points tables, following the National Championships at Parliament Hill on 22 February –Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25     Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s Club Championship winners, following the 25 January Southern Championships – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2024-2025 Updated 25-01-25

STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025  The entrance fee on the membership form, cover the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER,  KAREN HARRISON,  TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport.  The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice.  The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme.  All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £37 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH MIDWEEK POLE VAULT CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Winter 2024-2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 02-09-24

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

STONEX STADIUM AWARDED TRACKMARK STANDARD – Congratulations on achieving the UK Athletics Quality Assurance Standards for StoneX Stadium. This is the letter from UK Athletics and certificate showing all area that achieved compliance – StoneX Stadium Award Letter 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER